Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona: Popular Worship between Religiosity and Identity
Despite the secularization process, popular religion in modern or post-modern societies still retains a central role. In this article, we analyze the worship of Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona. The former is worshiped by Romani and Tamil people; the latter, the Mary of Montevergine Sanctuary, is a...
| Published in: | Critical research on religion |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2015]
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 266-281 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Rosalia, Female saint -1160
/ Madonna di Montevergine
/ Pilgrimage
/ Marginal group
/ Folk religion
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CH Christianity and Society KCD Hagiography; saints KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
popular religion
B Santa Rosalia B Secularization B Mamma Schiavona B Gramsci |
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| Summary: | Despite the secularization process, popular religion in modern or post-modern societies still retains a central role. In this article, we analyze the worship of Santa Rosalia and Mamma Schiavona. The former is worshiped by Romani and Tamil people; the latter, the Mary of Montevergine Sanctuary, is also venerated by groups of homosexuals and transsexuals. The reworking of religious categories made by these subaltern groups reminds us of the dynamic nature of Catholicism, which changes thanks to continuous contact with external and internal elements. Through Gramsci's interpretation of popular religion as a symbolic instrument of social recognition and affirmation in opposition to the hegemonic culture, we demonstrate that popular religion plays a central social role in the construction of worldviews, sometimes in contrast with the hegemonic culture, not only as an affirmation of a different identity but as an affirmation of presence. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303215593150 |