Critical reflections on religion and media in contemporary Bali [electronic resource] / by Richard Fox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fox, Richard, 1972-

Series:

Studies in the history of religions ; 130.

Numen book series : studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 130

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Religious aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media in religion.

Bali Island (Indonesia)--Religion.

Bali Island (Indonesia).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scholars of religion have always worked closely with media of one kind or another, from sacred books and archaic languages to cassette-sermons and the Internet. Yet comparatively little attention has been paid to the ways we actually use these and other media in the pursuit of historical inquiry. Drawing on ethnographic and archival research conducted on the Indonesian island of Bali, this book offers a critique of the media-related assumptions underpinning fields as diverse in their subject matter and approach as the history of religions, British cultural studies and Old Javanese philology. Its central contention is that more nuanced attention to problems of media will have serious implications for how we think about the study of religions, past and present.

Contents:

Religion, media, history

The past in the present?: a tale of bouquets and bombsites

Reframing the problem: mediating the recent history of 'the Balinese'

The subject of tolerance: televising 'the teachings of our religion'

Assume the position: performative style and the voice of authority

Substantial transmissions: religion and the idea of 'the old Javanese text'

Plus Ça change: from textual fetish to performative accomplishment

A dramatic performance: mpu kuturan and the three sanctuaries

The complexity of the realm: chasing a traditional tale.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [309]-323) and index.

Contains:

Mpu Kuthran and the three sanctuaries : a masked dance drama (Topéng Pajegan) performed in a southern balinese village, 3rd of January, 2007.

ISBN:

1-283-71544-9

90-474-2993-1

OCLC:

813166282

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047429937 DOI