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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
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Florida Atlantic University
Date Issued
2007
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2007
Description
Pilgrimages have produced volumes of textual reflections by pilgrims and
outside observers. These writers represent a wide variety of disciplines from travel
theorists to travel bloggers, medieval historians to modern anthropologists and
sociologists. The findings of this study reveal two major complex metaphor systems:
one based on a series of interlaced existential metaphors orbiting the nuclear LIFE IS A
JOURNEY and the other stemming from a network of economic metaphors of MORAL
ACCOUNTING. The symbolic exchange embedded in these metaphorical systems
reflects the human desire for a meaningful and worthy life. These mutually
supporting complex systems of metaphor reveal an existential connection between the
medieval pilgrim and the contemporary tourist.
outside observers. These writers represent a wide variety of disciplines from travel
theorists to travel bloggers, medieval historians to modern anthropologists and
sociologists. The findings of this study reveal two major complex metaphor systems:
one based on a series of interlaced existential metaphors orbiting the nuclear LIFE IS A
JOURNEY and the other stemming from a network of economic metaphors of MORAL
ACCOUNTING. The symbolic exchange embedded in these metaphorical systems
reflects the human desire for a meaningful and worthy life. These mutually
supporting complex systems of metaphor reveal an existential connection between the
medieval pilgrim and the contemporary tourist.
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133 p.
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FA00000972
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Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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2007
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2007
Date Text
2007
Date Created (EDTF)
2007
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2007
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FAU
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FA00000972
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
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Valdini, Todd N.
Graduate College
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133 p.
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Metaphors Pilgrims Live by: Metaphor Systems of the Modern Pilgrimage
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2007
2007
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Boca Raton, Fla.
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Title
Metaphors Pilgrims Live by: Metaphor Systems of the Modern Pilgrimage
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Metaphors Pilgrims Live by: Metaphor Systems of the Modern Pilgrimage