Migrating Madonnas: The Madonna della Montagna di Polsi in Calabria and in Australia

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2008-11
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Papalia, Gerardo
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Department of Languages, Flinders University
Abstract
Looks at cultural bereavement as a condition that can severely compromise the psychological health of migrants. The Madonna della Montagna festa in Melbourne, albeit different to its Calabrian epigone, continues to perform a psychologically healing role.
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The Madonna, Rituals, Psychological health, Cultural bereavement, Italian migration
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Papalia, G. 2008. Migrating Madonnas: The Madonna della Montagna di Polsi in Calabria and in Australia. FULGOR, 3 (3), 57-71
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http://hdl.handle.net/2328/15084
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Volume 3, Issue 3, November 2008
 Flinders Open Access Research