Deana L. Weibel, Ph.D.
Deana L. Weibel, Ph.D.
Jointly appointed professor in the departments of Anthropology and Brooks College School of Interdisciplinary Studies (SIS)
A Sacred Vertigo: Pilgrimage and Tourism in Rocamadour, France
Lexington Books, 2022
Built into a huge cliff in central France, the town of Rocamadour is a visual marvel and a place of contradictions. Pilgrims come to venerate its ancient Black Madonna but are outnumbered by secular tourists. Weibel provides an intimate look at the transformation of Rocamadour from a significant religious center to a tourist attraction; the efforts by clergy to restore Rocamadour’s spiritual character; the supernatural reinterpretations of the shrine by non-Catholics; and the desperate decision by the Diocese to participate in tourism itself, with disastrous results.
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