Rave Culture and Religion Paperback / softback
Edited by Graham St John
Part of the Routledge Advances in Sociology series
Paperback / softback
Description
The collection provides insights on developments in post-traditional religiosity (especially 'New Age' and 'Neo-Paganism') through studies of rave's Gnostic narratives of ascensionism and re-enchantment, explorations of the embodied spirituality and millennialist predispositions of dance culture, and investigations of transnational digital-art countercultures manifesting at geographic locations as diverse as Goa, India, and Nevada's Burning Man festival.
Contributors examine raving as a new religious or revitalization movement; a powerful locus of sacrifice and transgression; a lived bodily experience; a practice comparable with world entheogenic rituals; and as evidencing a new Orientalism.
Rave Culture and Religion will be essential reading for advanced students and academics in the fields of sociology, cultural studies and religious studies.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:332 pages, 1 Tables, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:21/05/2009
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- ISBN:9780415552509
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:332 pages, 1 Tables, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:21/05/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415552509
