Built with Faith : Italian American Imagination and Catholic Material Culture in New York City.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (305 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Private Devotions in Public Places: The Sacred Spaces of Yard Shrines and Sidewalk Altars -- 2. Imagined Places and Fragile Landscapes: Nostalgia and Utopia in Nativity Presepi -- 3. Festive Intensification and Place Consciousness in Christmas House Displays -- 4. Multivocality and Sacred Space: The Our Lady of Mount Carmel Grotto in Rosebank, Staten Island -- "We Go Where the Italians Live": Processions as Glocal Mapping in Williamsburg, Brooklyn -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9781621901310
Catholic Church-New York (State)-New York-History-21st century. Catholic Church-New York (State)-New York-Customs and practices. Italian American Catholics-New York (State)-New York-Religious life. Italian American Catholics-New York (State)-New York-Social life. Material culture-Religious aspects-Christianity.