Mediated Authenticity
Tradition, Modernity, and Postmodernity in Brazilian Candomblé
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7096974 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen Selka (0000-0002-8044-6154, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-30 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-6690 • E-ISSN: 1541-8480 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/nr.2007.11.1.5 |
| OpenAlex | W2118775829 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article explores the interweaving of the traditional, the modern, and the postmodern into the practice of Candomblé, an African-derived religion of Brazil. Multiple and competing perspectives on what is traditional or legitimate Candomblé practice coexist today. Over the course of the twentieth century, such claims about authenticity have been staked by an increasingly wider variety of agents—including government officials, social activists, college professors, and tour guides—and have been mediated by an expanding array of means of representation, including television and the Internet. Here I examine some of the ways that candomblecistas have actively responded to and shaped the shifting context in which they practice their religion
Aesthetics · Art · Context (archaeology · Government (linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Modernity · Political science · Politics · Postmodernism · Postmodernity · Representation (politics · Social science · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society in Latin America · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2021 (13) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |