CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Csák, Anna Erzsébet |
|---|---|
| Title | Paths of Authenticity: The Study of Two Pilgrimage Routes to Santiago de Compostela |
| Summary | This thesis analyses how the Camino de Santiago, a modern pilgrimage route of Christian origins can serve as a field for self-authentication for walkers who engage in the quest of constructing their identity, making a bricolage. Through the multiplicity of regimes of validation and the various interpretations of what it means to be a true pilgrim and to walk the way, people are able to validate their experience, find their background of values against which they can be their authentic selves and test it against the surrounding community through fragmented narration and a special kind of engaged but non-consequential interaction. The research combines interviews as well as participant observation in a pilgrim shelter and on two routes, the Camino Frances and the Via de la Plata to explore the intersection of religion and tourism, individuality and community and the production of meaning on the Camino. |
| Supervisor | Naumescu, Vlad; Fabiani, Jean-Louis |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/csak_anna.pdf |
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