The Role of Horror and Dread in the Sacred Experience

Tourist Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-190

  Osbaldiston, Nick ^a   Petray, Theresa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

culture; Durkheimian; Hertz; Hubert; impure pure; pilgrimage; place; sacred; war memorials

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255172115     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: 17413206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468797611424955     Document Type: Article

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