Paper Icons and Fasting Bodies: The Esthetic Formations of Serbian Orthodoxy

Drawing on ethnographic data from central Serbia, the article uses the concept of “esthetic formations” to consider how divergent expressions of Orthodox Christianity intersect in postsocialist space. The majority of Serbs identify as “Orthodox” and Orthodox imagery pervades the public sphere—but on...

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Main Author: Lackenby, Nicholas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
In: Material religion
Year: 2022, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 391-411
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Serbisch-orthodoxe Kirche / Religious practice / Esthetic action / Fasting / Church attendance / Expression / Piety
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KBK Europe (East)
KDF Orthodox Church
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B Esthetics
B Fasting
B Orthodox Christianity
B postsocialism
B Serbia
B esthetic formations
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