Pilgrimage through the eyes of the Irish 'Traveller' community

Griffin, Kevin

doi:10.1504/ijtp.2012.049002

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“…Finally, perhaps due to the economic crisis only one respondent mentioned the offer of religious souvenirs to relatives believing that such gifts transfer grace and harmony to the recipients and confirming that religious souvenirs play the role of gifts and symbolize a helpful object for the relatives and friends at home who are in need of them (Di Giovine, 2012;Griffin, 2012). Although it depends on the belief of the donors and the recipients about the attributes of such souvenirs, in some certain cases donors, either believe that a blessed souvenir induces God's intervention in their relationship with the recipients or hope that these souvenirs will be an incentive for the latter to get closer to God (Kaell, 2012).…”

Section: Spiritual-valuementioning

confidence: 99%

Values of souvenirs as commodities

Paraskevaidis

Andriotis

2015

Tourism Management

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h i g h l i g h t sThe values of souvenirs have been insufficiently explored in the tourism literature. This paper explores four values of souvenirs from a sociological perspective. It introduces a new value called spiritual-value. It provides an understanding of the sociological aspects of souvenirs' consumption. a b s t r a c tAlthough souvenirs have received increased research interest in tourism studies, sociological research in this field still remains limited. This exploratory study aspires to overcome past research negligence on the values identified in social theory for commodities, such as Marx's use and exchange values and Baudrillard's sign-value, as well as introducing an additional one, the spiritual-value. By using a sample of twenty respondents in Veria, a small city in Northern Greece, this study attempts to interpret souvenirs as commodities with certain values and to identify the functions that touristsexpect to receive when purchasing them. Despite its limitations, this study provided a theoretical understanding of the sociological aspects of souvenirs' consumption in relation to the four values.

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Section: Spiritual-valuementioning

confidence: 99%