Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves
Contemporary Pagans and the Search for Community (review)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14224649 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Samantha A Meigs (0000-0001-9503-2643, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 462 |
| Pages | 491-492 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of American Folklore (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8715 • E-ISSN: 1535-1882 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jaf.2003.0070 |
| OpenAlex | W2001776811 |
| Language | EN |
Earthly Bodies, Magical Selves is a fascinating study of the Neopagan movement in America, with particular reference to how contemporary pagans fashion their self-identity and form a sense of community through festivals, ritual observances, and shared symbols and history. Sarah M. Pike situates her ethnographic study within the analytical frameworks of several different disciplines, including folkloristics, religious studies, literary criticism, and gender analysis. The result is an impressive, far-ranging book that should be of interest to scholars in all of these areas
Aesthetics · Art · Criticism · Ethnography · Folklore · Folkloristics · Identity (music) · Literature · Sociology · Anthropology · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Highly cited | No |
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