The Graveyard and the Table : : The Catholic-Orthodox Borderland in Poland and Belarus.

The ethnographic research into death rituals and food practices in the Polish-Belarusian borderland shows that the symbolic boundaries between the Catholic and Orthodox believers are dynamic and situational. The religious identity of the residents is shaped by social relations and norms more than by...

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Superior document:Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives Series ; v.38
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Place / Publishing House:Frankfurt a.M. : : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften,, 2021.
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Year of Publication:2021
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Polish Studies - Transdisciplinary Perspectives Series
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Physical Description:1 online resource (254 pages)
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Summary:The ethnographic research into death rituals and food practices in the Polish-Belarusian borderland shows that the symbolic boundaries between the Catholic and Orthodox believers are dynamic and situational. The religious identity of the residents is shaped by social relations and norms more than by the institutional frames of both churches.
ISBN:9783631866948
9783631854525
Hierarchical level:Monograph