Lifeblood of the Parish : : Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn / / Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada.
A New York City ethnography that explores men's unique approaches to Catholic devotionEvery Saturday, and sometimes on weekday evenings, a group of men in old clothes can be found in the basement of the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Each year the parish ho...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | North American Religions
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- 1. Turks, Tattoos, and the Masculine Body of the Feast
- 2. Manual Labor and the Artistry of Devotion in the Basement
- 3. Making Money, Keeping the Parish Alive
- 4. Public Masculinities at the Feast
- 5. Constructing Catholic Propriety on North Eighth Street
- 6. Religion and Gentrification in the Twenty- First- Century City
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author