Inhabitants of the Screen: Celebrity and the Production of Religious Authority in Bahian Candomblé

In Bahia, Brazil, the public articulation of religious authority comes to depend more and more on celebrity discourses. This article takes the Afro-Brazilian spirit possession cult Candomblé as an example to show how in media-saturated societies religious and media imaginaries become inextricably en...

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Published in:Australian religion studies review
Main Author: Port, Mattijs van de 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: AASR [2011]
In: Australian religion studies review
Year: 2011, Volume: 24, Issue: 3, Pages: 254-274
Further subjects:B Candomblé
B religious authority
B Brazil
B media imaginaries
B Bahia
B Celebrity politics
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