Media and Ritual : Death, Community and Everyday Life
Johanna. Sumiala
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (161 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Prologue; PART I Anthropology of media; 1 Theory and clues; On the edge of the everyday; Communication connects!; Communication by means of symbols; Modern critique; Rituals as relics?; Rituals in theory; Ritual = community?; 2 Media and rituals; What media?; Imagining communities; Media as a space; Media and time; Symbolic power; PART II Mediatized rituals; 3 Three perspectives on mediatized rituals; Consumption of rituals; Production rituals; Ritual media presentations; From theory to practices; 4 Death rituals in a media age; Ritualizing death. - Death in the mediaReligion in death rituals over time; Symbolic immortality; Epilogue: rituals, media and community; Notes; References; Index. - This wide-ranging and accessible book offers a stimulating introduction to the field of media anthropology and the study of religious ritual. Johanna Sumiala explores the interweaving of rituals, communication and community. She uses the tools of anthropological enquiry to examine a variety of media events, including the death of Michael Jackson, a royal wedding and the transgressive actions which took place in Abu Ghraib, and to understand the inner significance of the media coverage of such events. The book deals with theories of ritual, media as ritual including reception, production and
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| ISBN | 9780415684323. - 9780415684330
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