Trance mediums and new media: spirit possession in the age of technical reproduction
Auteur :
Dreschke, Anja / Zillinger, Martin
Éditeur :
Fordham University Press
ISBN :
9780823253814
Date de publication :
1 déc. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This volume explores the interferences of trance mediums and new technical media to add a new perspective to current debates on the “renaissance of the religious“. Situated in the field of media anthropology it follows the question of how spirit possession is transformed by processes of globalization and mass mediation.