Aesthetic Formations: Media, Religion, and the Senses

Introduction: From Imagined Communities to Aesthetic Formations: Religious Mediations, Sensational Forms and Styles of Binding B.Meyer PART I: BOUNDARY POLITICS 'Don't ask questions, just observe!': Boundary Politics in Bahian Candomble M.van de Port Purity and the Devil: Community, Media and the Body: Pentecostal Adherents in a Favela in Rio de Janeiro M.Oosterbaan 'More Sexpression Please!' Screening the Female Voice and Body in the Bangladesh Film Industry L .Hoek PART II: RELIGION IN THE PUBLIC REALM Tamil Mythological Cinema and the Politics of Secular Modernism S.Putnam Hughes Modern Religions, Modern Media: Islamic Renewal in Northern Nigeria B.Larkin The Sonic Architects of a New Babel: The Politics of Belonging of DJ Shadow and Fernando Clarke F.Guadeloupe PART III: MEDIATING IMMEDIACY Breath, Technology…