Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses
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The central theme of this volume is the incorporation of newly accessible mass media into practices of religious mediation in a variety of settings, including Pentecostal-charismatic churches and Islamic movements, and the use of religious forms and images in the sphere of radio and cinema. Drawing on a long-term collaboration, the contributors examine the role of religion and media in the emergence and sustenance of new "aesthetic formations" that appeal to the body and the senses, and generate new styles of binding and moods of belonging in our time.
List of IllustrationsIntroduction From Imagined Communities to Aesthetic Formations: Religious Mediations, Sensational Forms, and Styles of Binding Birgit Meyer Meyer, Birgit 1Pt. 1 Boundary Politics1 "Don't Ask Questions, Just Observe!" Boundary Politics in Bahian Candomble Mattijs van de Port van de Port, Mattijs 312 Purity and the Devil: Community, Media, and the Body. Pentecostal Adherents in a Favela in Rio de Janeiro Martijn Oosterbaan Oosterbaan, Martijn 533 "More Sexpression Please!" Screening the Female Voice and Body in the Bangladesh Film Industry Lotte Hoek Hoek, Lotte 71Pt. 2 Religion in the Public Realm4 Tamil Mythological Cinema and the Politics of Secular Modernism Stephen Putnam Hughes Hughes, Stephen Putnam 935 Islamic Renewal, Radio, and the Surface of Things Brian Larkin Larkin, Brian 1176 The Sonic Architects of a New Babel: The Politics of Belonging of DJ Shadow and Fernando Clarke Francio Guadeloupe Guadeloupe, Francio 137Pt. 3 Mediating Immediacy7 Breath, Technology, and the Making of Community Cancao Nova in Brazil Maria Jose A. de Abreu de Abreu, Maria Jose A. 1618 Modes of Binding, Moments of Bonding. Mediating Divine Touch in Ghanaian Pentecostalism and Traditionalism Marleen de Witte de Witte, Marleen 1839 Prophecy on Stage: Fame and Celebrities in the Context of the Raelian Movement Carly Machado Machado, Carly 20710 Seized by the Spirit. The Mystical Foundation of Squatting among Pentecostals in Caracas (Venezuela) Today Rafael Sanchez Sanchez, Rafael 225Bibliography 247List of Contributors 267Index 271
