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Blessed with Tourists

The Borderlands of Religion and Tourism in San Antonio

by Thomas S. Bremer

  • Paperback
  • 240 pages
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm

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More than a million tourists visit religious landmarks in San Antonio, Texas, each year, observing and sometimes participating in religious activities there. The San Antonio Missions National Historical Park - managed by the National Park Service, in cooperation with the Catholic Church - is one of hundreds of religious places in America and around the world where tourists have become a familiar presence. In Blessed with Tourists, Thomas S. Bremer explores the intersection of tourism and commerce with religion in America, using the missions and other San Antonio sites as prime examples. Bremer recounts the history of San Antonio, from its Native American roots to its development as a religious center with the growth of the Spanish colonial missions, to the modern transformation of San Antonio into a tourist destination. Employing both ethnographic and historical approaches, Bremer examines the concepts of place, identity, aesthetics, and commercialization, demonstrating numerous ways that modern market forces affect religious communities.By identifying important connections between religious and touristic practices, Bremer establishes San Antonio as a distinctive source for anyone seeking to understand the interplay between the religious and the secular, the traditional and the modern.
Blessed with Tourists and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityBlessed with Tourists

  • Author

    Thomas S. Bremer

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    The University of North Carolina Press

  • Published

    December 2004

  • Edition

    1st New edition

  • Weight

    327g

  • Page Count

    240

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.3 cm

  • ISBN

    9780807855805

  • ISBN-10

    0807855804

  • Eden Code

    1159818

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