The Madonna and the Cuckoo: an exploration in European symbolic conceptions

The main hypothesis underlying this paper is that tiny faults in the seamless conceptual order of things may reveal unsuspected realms of meaning. The following discussion makes a case for this by examining a minute ethnographic problem at a Marian sanctuary in northern Portugal. But seeming pointle...

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Main Author: Vaz da Silva, F. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/585
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/585