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Trance mediums and new media : spirit possession in the age of technical reproduction /
Ongoing debates about the 'return of religion' have paid little attention to the orgiastic and enthusiastic qualities of religiosity, despite a significant increase in the use of techniques of trance and possession around the globe. Likewise, research on religion and media has neglected th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2015.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Ongoing debates about the 'return of religion' have paid little attention to the orgiastic and enthusiastic qualities of religiosity, despite a significant increase in the use of techniques of trance and possession around the globe. Likewise, research on religion and media has neglected the fact that historically the rise of mediumship and spirit possession was closely linked to the development of new media of communication. This innovative volume brings together a wide range of ethnographic studies on local spiritual and media practices. Recognizing that processes of globalization are shaped by mass mediation, the volume raises questions such as: How are media like photography, cinema, video, the telephone, or television integrated in seances and healing rituals? How do spirit mediums connect with these media? |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (392 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780823253845 0823253848 0823253805 9780823253807 0823253813 9780823253814 9780823261543 0823261549 9780823253838 082325383X 9780823253821 0823253821 |