Trance Mediums and New Media

Spirit Possession in the Age of Technical Reproduction

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Marriage & Family, Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Industries, Anthropology
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Author: Anja Dreschke, Martin Zillinger ISBN: 9780823253821
Publisher: Fordham University Press Publication: December 1, 2014
Imprint: Fordham University Press Language: English
Author: Anja Dreschke, Martin Zillinger
ISBN: 9780823253821
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication: December 1, 2014
Imprint: Fordham University Press
Language: English

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? Why are certain technical media shunned in these contexts?

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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? Why are certain technical media shunned in these contexts?

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