Believing in place
Subtitle: a spiritual geography of the Great Basin
By: Richard V. Francaviglia.
Publisher: University of Nevada Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Reno
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Religion and geography.; Great Basin -- Religious life and customs.; Great Basin -- Social life and customs.; Great Basin -- Description and travel.
Description: "Believing in Place is a reflection on the ways that human needs and spiritual traditions can shape our perceptions of the land. That the Great Basin has inspired such a complex variety of responses is partly due to its enigmatic vastness and isolation, partly to the remarkable range of peoples who have found themselves in the region. Using not only the materials of traditional geography but folklore, anthropology, Native American and Euro-American religion, contemporary politics, and New Age philosophies, Francaviglia has produced a timely investigation of the role of human conceptions of place in that space we call the Great Basin."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-277) and index.