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Author:

Ketchell, Aaron K., 1971-

Title:

Holy hills of the Ozarks : religion and tourism in Branson, Missouri / Aaron K. Ketchell.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

xxxvi, 300 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Recreation--Branson.--Branson.
Amusements--Branson.--Branson.
Amusements--Christianity.--Christianity.
Recreation--Christianity.--Christianity.
Popular culture--Christianity.--Christianity.
Branson (Mo.)--Religious life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-294) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: "the moral vineyards" -- "Temples of God's own building" : Harold Bell Wright and the roots of Branson tourism -- "Hills of truth and love" : authenticity and the sacred in shepherd of the Hills Country -- "I would much rather see a sermon than hear one" : faith at Silver Dollar City -- Jesus is "the greatest star" : the variety show and contemporary Branson tourism -- "Near heaven" : the dynamics of sacred space in Branson -- Hillbilly heaven : labor, leisure, and the Ozark trickster -- "The aroma of God's spirit" : branding Branson's future.

Series:

Lived religions.

ISBN:

0801886600 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801886607 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)76901826

LCCN:

2006039423

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)