In Search of a Safe Port. The Marian Cult on Lampedusa amid Mass Tourism and the Migrant Crisis

This contribution focuses on the popular devotion to Our Lady of Porto Salvo on Lampedusa, looking at the transformations that have reconfigured it over time as a prism through which to analyse the tensions between local dynamics and global forces that affect the island. The article suggests that t...

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Main Author: Francesco Vietti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CLUEB 2021-07-01
Series:EtnoAntropologia
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Online Access:https://www.rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/356
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description This contribution focuses on the popular devotion to Our Lady of Porto Salvo on Lampedusa, looking at the transformations that have reconfigured it over time as a prism through which to analyse the tensions between local dynamics and global forces that affect the island. The article suggests that the study of the sacred cartography of the contemporary Mediterranean should be part of the process of “remapping” of the network of interactions, connections, and hybridisations that characterise the area.
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spelling doaj.art-ec2bc956d53940779266cd32af5d12d32023-02-10T19:07:27ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762021-07-0191In Search of a Safe Port. The Marian Cult on Lampedusa amid Mass Tourism and the Migrant CrisisFrancesco Vietti0Dipartimento di Scienze Umane per la Formazione “Riccardo Massa”, Università di Milano Bicocca This contribution focuses on the popular devotion to Our Lady of Porto Salvo on Lampedusa, looking at the transformations that have reconfigured it over time as a prism through which to analyse the tensions between local dynamics and global forces that affect the island. The article suggests that the study of the sacred cartography of the contemporary Mediterranean should be part of the process of “remapping” of the network of interactions, connections, and hybridisations that characterise the area. https://www.rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/356Popular devotionMobilitySocial NavigationMediterraneanLampedusa.
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In Search of a Safe Port. The Marian Cult on Lampedusa amid Mass Tourism and the Migrant Crisis
EtnoAntropologia
Popular devotion
Mobility
Social Navigation
Mediterranean
Lampedusa.
title In Search of a Safe Port. The Marian Cult on Lampedusa amid Mass Tourism and the Migrant Crisis
title_full In Search of a Safe Port. The Marian Cult on Lampedusa amid Mass Tourism and the Migrant Crisis
title_fullStr In Search of a Safe Port. The Marian Cult on Lampedusa amid Mass Tourism and the Migrant Crisis
title_full_unstemmed In Search of a Safe Port. The Marian Cult on Lampedusa amid Mass Tourism and the Migrant Crisis
title_short In Search of a Safe Port. The Marian Cult on Lampedusa amid Mass Tourism and the Migrant Crisis
title_sort in search of a safe port the marian cult on lampedusa amid mass tourism and the migrant crisis
topic Popular devotion
Mobility
Social Navigation
Mediterranean
Lampedusa.
url https://www.rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/356
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