Abstract
The context-dependent nature of vernacular religionrenders it particularly susceptible to change, small or great, when faced with the tensions ofmigratory crossroads and the foreignness of new environments. In interviews with immigrants innortheast Scotland, the ostensibly contradictory concepts of flexibility and rigidity emerge as twokey aspects in preserving the inherent value of vernacular religion, if not always its exact shape.With the benefit of audio recordings from these interviews, I present and analyze the words ofcontributors discussing how moving to Scotland has affected both faith and practice
Original language | English |
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Publication status | Unpublished - 5 Nov 2014 |
Event | American Folklore Society Annual Meeting 2014 - New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM, United States Duration: 5 Nov 2014 → 8 Nov 2014 https://www.afsnet.org/page/2014AM3 (Link to 2014 Annual Meeting website) |
Conference
Conference | American Folklore Society Annual Meeting 2014 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Santa Fe, NM |
Period | 5/11/14 → 8/11/14 |
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Keywords
- Religion
- Narrative
- Recordins
- Folklore
- Ethnology
- Scotland
- Immigrant