Pilgrimage in Popular Culture

Specially commissioned studies of popular pilgrimages - East and West, past and present, religious and 'secular - ranging from Shikoku (Japan), to Santiago de Compostela (Spain), Kosovo (Yugoslavia), Glastonbury, Anfield (UK), Flanders fields, Graceland and military pilgrimages in the USA. The book asks in what ways all these can be called pilgrimages and what their relation is to tourism and to entertainment, highlighting the enduring popularity not only of pilgrimage but also of saints and heroes.

Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; I.Reader - PART 1: THREE MODERN PILGRIMAGES - Drawn to Glastonbury; M.Bowman - War Grave Pilgrimage; T.Walter - His Truth Goes Marching On: Elvis Presley and the Pilgrimage to Graceland; C.King - PART 2: CLASSIC PILGRIMAGES - Dead to the World: Pilgrims in Shikoku; I.Reader - The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Medieval Europe; M.Costen - PART 3: PILGRIMAGE, IDENTITY AND BELONGING - Kosovo: The Heavenly and the Earthly Crown; J.Allcock - From Custer to Kent State: Heroes, Martyrs and the Evolution of Popular Shrines in the USA; R.Sellars & T.Walter - You'll Never Walk Alone: The Anfield Pilgrimage; G.Davie - Conclusions; I.Reader - Index