Lifeblood of the Parish: Men and Catholic Devotion in Williamsburg, Brooklyn

by Alyssa Maldonado-Estrada and Maldonado-Estrada

Book Overview

A New York City ethnography that explores men's unique approaches to Catholic devotion

Every Saturday, and sometimes on weekday evenings, a group of men in old clothes can be found in the basement of the Shrine Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Each year the parish hosts the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and San Paolino di Nola. Its crowning event is the Dance of the Giglio, where the men lift a seventy-foot...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479830496
• ISBN13: 9781479830497
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"