Fandom as a religious form

On the reception of pop music by Cliff Richard fans in Liverpool

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4305083
AutoresAnja Löbert (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, autor de correspondencia)
Año2012
Volumen31
Número1
Páginas125-141
Fecha de publicación2012-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPopular Music (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0261-1430 • E-ISSN: 1474-0095
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0261143011000493
OpenAlexW2167665173
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas15

Using the example of Cliff Richard fans, this article investigates to what extent the rites and rituals exercised in fandom can be regarded as representations of a religious form as understood by the French sociologist Émile Durkheim inThe Elementary Forms of Religious Life.Because empirical research has established its significance, the pop concert experience and its echoing effects are used as a starting point to explore the thesis that fans draw and cultivate a distinction between a profane and a sacred domain in their lives. These suggestions are further enriched by Randall Collins' and Gabriele Mordt's analyses of passions. This article adopts their concept of the sacred object as a passion-preserving device. In addition, the argument of popular music scholar Daniel Cavicchi (based on Bruce Springsteen fans) is taken one step further. Finally, I suggest a typology of fan experience that differentiates between primary interaction ritual, secondary interaction ritual, the cult of the individual and special rites

Aesthetics · Argument (complex analysis · Art · Cult · Fandom · Media studies · Object (grammar · Passion · Sociology · Typology · Anthropology · Asian Culture and Media Studies · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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