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Identity Tourism: Imaging and Imagining the Nation examines the
role of tourism in the construction of national identity. To
???imagine??? a nation, nationalists must construct a national
???story??? about their history and culture that defines them as a
people, and counters the negative story circulated by their
enemies. One of the objectives of this book is to identify the
necessary historical and cultural components of a compelling
national story. Yet a story is of no use unless it is heard, so
nationalists need media through which the national narrative can be
told. The principal objective of this book is to show that
???identity tourism??? is a medium that can be used to tell the
national story, both to group members and outsiders. As such, it is
particularly useful in the construction of a sense of national
identity. Identity tourism, which incorporates both ethnic and
heritage tourism, includes museums, heritage centers, performances,
and other attractions in which collective identities are
represented, interpreted, and potentially constructed through the
use of history and culture.
In a little town in Italy, nearly eight hundred years ago, Francis of Assisi renounced everything he owned to follow Christ with passionate and single-minded abandon. Even today, centuries later, this simple saint draws people around the world to Francis' story of living in humility, love, and joy. Here in Following Francis, Susan Pitchford tells her own story of the Franciscan life, as a member of the Third Order, founded by Francis himself so that people from all walks of life can follow the saint's ideal, without leaving their homes or their occupations. Pitchford learned that the Franciscan tradition isn't the exclusive possession of monks cloistered in a monastery, but a spiritual path for ordinary people living in the twenty-first century. Organized around the Rule of St. Francis, this book - a wonderful resource for private devotion or group study - shows readers what it means to live out the Christian life with a Franciscan accent.
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