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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790146003321

Autore

Fox Richard <1972->

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011

ISBN

1-283-71544-9

90-474-2993-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

201/.7

Soggetti

Mass media - Religious aspects

Mass media in religion

Bali Island (Indonesia) Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.