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Book: Sensual Religion

Chapter: 10. Touching, Crafting, Knowing: Religious Artefacts and the Fetish within Animism

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.34247

Blurb:

At the shrine of the Virgin of Alcala in Spain, touch is the medium through which Catholic Christians perform their devotion and maintain traditions. In moments of touch, the personhood of the Virgin emerges, and material objects (perhaps ‘fetishes’) are offered not only to the Virgin but also to critical exploration.

Chapter Contributors

  • Amy Whitehead (a.whitehead@yahoo.com - amywhitehead) 'The University of Wales Trinity Saint David'