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This book concerns the politics of religion as expressed through apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Dzhublyk in Transcarpathian Ukraine. On the one hand, the analysis provides insights into the present position of Transcarpathia in regional, Ukraine-wide, and European struggles for identity and political belonging. The way in which the apparitions site has been conceived and managed raises questions concerning the fate of religious communities during and after socialism, the significance of national projects for religious organizations, and the politics of religious management in a situation in which local religious commitments are relatively strong and religious organizations are relatively weak. The analysis contributes to the ethnography and history of this particular region and of the post-socialist world in general. On the other hand, the changing status of the apparition site over the years allows investigation of the questions concerning authority, legitimacy, and power in religious organizations, especially in relation to management of religious experiences. The analysis aims at clarification of such concepts as religious institutions, organizations but also religious experiences and is relevant to anthropology, sociology and religious studies. It is argued that the important question in analyses of religious apparitions should not be how an individual experience becomes institutionalized and instrumentalized, but how experience becomes a tool for negotiation and transformation in the religious field. Key word: 1. Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint-–Apparitions and miracles–Ukraine–Zakarpats'kaoblast'. 2. Zakarpats'ka oblast' (Ukraine)–Church history.

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint --- Apparitions and miracles --- Zakarpatsʹka oblastʹ (Ukraine) --- Trans-Carpathian Province (Ukraine) --- Transkarpaten-Ukraine (Ukraine) --- Zakarpatskaya oblastʹ (Ukraine) --- Zakarpatsʹka (Ukraine : Oblast) --- Transcarpathia Oblastʹ (Ukraine) --- Transcarpathia (Ukraine : Oblast) --- Zakarpatsʹka Ukraïna (Ukraine) --- Zakarpatskai︠a︡ Ukraina (Ukraine) --- Zakarpatti︠a︡ (Ukraine) --- Zakarpatskaya oblastʹ --- Zakarpatskai︠a︡ oblastʹ (Ukraine) --- Bereg Megye (Ukraine) --- Carpathian Ukraine Province (Ukraine) --- Transcarpathian Oblast (Ukraine) --- Transkarpatien (Ukraine) --- Oblastʹ Transkarpatien (Ukraine) --- Ruthenia (Czechoslovakia) --- Church history. --- Mary, --- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General. --- Church history, Ethnography, Identity, Miracle, Peasants, Politics of religion, Postcommunism.

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Notions of culture, rituals and their meanings, the workings of ideology in everyday life, public representations of tradition and ethnicity, and the social consequences of economic transition- these are critical issues in the social anthropology of Russia and other postsocialist countries. Engaged in the negotiation of all these is the House of Culture, which was the key institution for cultural activities and implementation of state cultural policies in all socialist states. The House of Culture was officially responsible for cultural enlightenment, moral edification, and personal cultivatio

Ethnology --- Art and anthropology --- Art and society --- Art centers --- Community centers --- Post-communism --- Anthropologie sociale et culturelle --- Art et anthropologie --- Art et société --- Centres culturels --- Centres communautaires --- Postcommunisme --- Russia (Federation) --- Russie --- Social life and customs. --- Moeurs et coutumes