The Making of the Pentecostal Melodrama

Religion, Media and Gender in Kinshasa

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Anthropology
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Author: Katrien Pype ISBN: 9780857454959
Publisher: Berghahn Books Publication: June 1, 2012
Imprint: Berghahn Books Language: English
Author: Katrien Pype
ISBN: 9780857454959
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Publication: June 1, 2012
Imprint: Berghahn Books
Language: English

How religion, gender, and urban sociality are expressed in and mediated via television drama in Kinshasa is the focus of this ethnographic study. Influenced by Nigerian films and intimately related to the emergence of a charismatic Christian scene, these teleserials integrate melodrama, conversion narratives, Christian songs, sermons, testimonies, and deliverance rituals to produce commentaries on what it means to be an inhabitant of Kinshasa.

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How religion, gender, and urban sociality are expressed in and mediated via television drama in Kinshasa is the focus of this ethnographic study. Influenced by Nigerian films and intimately related to the emergence of a charismatic Christian scene, these teleserials integrate melodrama, conversion narratives, Christian songs, sermons, testimonies, and deliverance rituals to produce commentaries on what it means to be an inhabitant of Kinshasa.

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