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Author : Rupert Till
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 38,87 MB
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826445926

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Explores the development of a range of cults of popular music as a response to changes in attitudes to meaning, spirituality and religion in society.>

Author : Rupert Till
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 36,71 MB
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0826432360

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Explores the development of a range of cults of popular music as a response to changes in attitudes to meaning, spirituality and religion in society.>

Author : Priscilla Guy
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,9 MB
Release : 2024-04-24
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1040016758

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This edited collection assembles international perspectives from artists, academics, and curators in the field to bring the insights of screendance theory and practice back into conversations with critical methods, at the intersections of popular culture, low-tech media practices, dance, and movement studies, and the minoritarian perspectives of feminism, queer theory, critical race studies and more. This book represents new vectors in screendance studies, featuring contributions by both artists and theoreticians, some of the most established voices in the field as well as the next generation of emerging scholars, artists, and curators. It builds on the foundational cartographies of screendance studies that attempted to sketch out what was particular to this practice. Sampling and reworking established forms of inquiry, artistic practice and spectatorial habits, and suspending and reorienting gestures into minoritarian forms, these conversations consider the affordances of screendance for reimaging the relations of bodies, technologies, and media today. This collection will be of great interest to students and scholars in dance studies, performance studies, cinema and media studies, feminist studies, and cultural studies.

Author : Bob Batchelor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 895 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0313357811

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This three-volume collection of original essays examines cult pop culture, the often-seedy underbelly of American popular culture. Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream is the first collection dedicated to the quirky, offbeat aspects of American popular culture that people have loved, enjoyed, (and in some cases) worshiped over the last 50 years. By examining the people and subjects we hold most dear, this three-volume set offers deep insights into what Americans think, feel, and cherish. Organized by subject, the collection enables readers to focus on a given topic or compare different subjects across cult phenomenon. Volume One of the set covers film and television topics, Volume Two examines music and literature, and Volume Three explores sports, clubs, and the cult industry. Through this investigation of sublime, transcendent, and idiosyncratic trends, readers will learn more about iconic individuals, topics, and subjects that form the vast underbelly of American culture. By revealing how tightly interwoven cult topics are with the public's broader notion of popular culture, the collection underscores the blurry line between normal and abnormal, grandiose and degradation.

Author : Jan Delasara
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 15,24 MB
Release : 2015-11-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0786483326

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For six acclaimed seasons, FBI paranormal detectives Mulder and Scully have been chasing monsters and little green men and exposing government conspiracies, while espousing the mantras "trust no one" and "the truth is out there." This work takes a close look at the popular television series and shows how its style, character and narrative structure have continued to tease and please a wide viewing audience every week for six years. The first section examines the text of the series and the progression of its mythic story arc. This part also looks at the show's use of expressionistic techniques in both its visual and sound effects; the related tropes of self-reflexive humor, irony and the grotesque; and its ability to give the audience an occasional strong sensory jolt. The second section explores the context that has given rise to The X-Files phenomenon in the 1990s. The show's gothic horror tradition is established, and its contribution to the Zeitgeist of the 90s is also acknowledged.

Author : Aled Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,29 MB
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1350333239

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Examining contemporary understandings of the term 'cult', this book brings together scholars from multiple disciplines, including sociology, anthropology and religious studies. Focusing on how 'cult rhetoric' affects our perceptions of new religious movements, the contributors explore how these minority groups have developed and deconstruct the language we use to describe them. Ranging from the 'Cult of Trump' and 'Cult of COVID', to the campaigns of mass media, this book recognises that contemporary 'cult rhetoric' has become hybridised and suggests a more nuanced study of contemporary religion. Topics include online religions, political 'cults', 'apostate' testimony and the current 'othered' position of the study of minority religions.

Author : William D. Romanowski
Publisher :
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Religion
ISBN :

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William D. Romanowski brings a comprehensive, systematic, historically revealing and personally challenging Christian perspective to the contemporary debate over culture.