Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses
New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2009), xiv, 278 pp.
Contains illustrations, bibliogr. pp. 247-265, index
Series: Religion Culture Critique
ISBN 978-0-230-60555-8; 0-230-60555-9
Signature commbox: 10-Religion-E 2009
"This book examines the incorporation of newly accessible mass media into practices of religious mediation in a variety of settings including the Pentecostal Church and Islamic movements, as well as the use of religious forms and image in the sphere of radio and cinema." (Publisher description)
Introduction: From imagined communities to aesthetic formations: religious mediations, sensational forms, and styles of binding / Birgit Meyer, 1
I. BOUNDARY POLITICS
1 "Don't ask questions, just observe!" Boundary politics in Bahian Candomblé / Mattijs van de Port, 31
2 Purity and the devil: community, media, and the body. Pentecostal adherents in a favela in Rio de Janeiro / Martijn Oosterbaan, 53
3 "More sexpression please!" Screening the female voice and body in the Bangladesh film industry / Lotte Hoek, 71
II. RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC REALM
4 Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism / Stephen Putnam Hughes, 93
5 Islamic renewal, radio, and the surface of things / Brian Larkin, 117
6 The sonic architects of a new babel: the politics of belonging of DJ Shadow and Fernando Clarke / Francio Guadeloupe, 137
III. MEDIATING IMMEDIACY
7 Breath, technology, and the making of community Canção Nova in Brazil / Maria José A. de Abreu, 161
8 Modes of binding, moments of bonding. Mediating divine touch in Ghanaian Pentecostalism and traditionalism / Marleen de Witte, 183
9 Prophecy on stage: fame and celebrities in the context of the Raelian Movement / Carly Machado, 207
10 Seized by the spirit: the mystical foundation of squatting among Pentecostals in Caracas (Venezuela) today / Rafael Sánchez, 225
I. BOUNDARY POLITICS
1 "Don't ask questions, just observe!" Boundary politics in Bahian Candomblé / Mattijs van de Port, 31
2 Purity and the devil: community, media, and the body. Pentecostal adherents in a favela in Rio de Janeiro / Martijn Oosterbaan, 53
3 "More sexpression please!" Screening the female voice and body in the Bangladesh film industry / Lotte Hoek, 71
II. RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC REALM
4 Tamil mythological cinema and the politics of secular modernism / Stephen Putnam Hughes, 93
5 Islamic renewal, radio, and the surface of things / Brian Larkin, 117
6 The sonic architects of a new babel: the politics of belonging of DJ Shadow and Fernando Clarke / Francio Guadeloupe, 137
III. MEDIATING IMMEDIACY
7 Breath, technology, and the making of community Canção Nova in Brazil / Maria José A. de Abreu, 161
8 Modes of binding, moments of bonding. Mediating divine touch in Ghanaian Pentecostalism and traditionalism / Marleen de Witte, 183
9 Prophecy on stage: fame and celebrities in the context of the Raelian Movement / Carly Machado, 207
10 Seized by the spirit: the mystical foundation of squatting among Pentecostals in Caracas (Venezuela) today / Rafael Sánchez, 225
