Idology in transcultural perspective : anthropological investigations of popular idolatry

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Idology in transcultural perspective : anthropological investigations of popular idolatry

edited by Aoyagi Hiroshi, Patrick W. Galbraith, Mateja Kovacic

Palgrave Macmillan, c2021

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Includes index

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内容説明

This edited volume expands on what Aoyagi Hiroshi intended in the first decade of the new millennium to establish as a subfield of symbolic anthropology called "idology." It brings together case studies of popular idolatry in Japan, but goes further to provide a transcultural perspective to guide anthropological investigations in different places and times. In proposing an integrated paradigm for the growing body of literature on idols, the volume redirects recurrent questions to more fundamental points of sociocultural inquiry. Contributions from scholars conducting ethnographic fieldwork, as well as those engaged in theoretical and historical analyses, facilitate comparative reading and critical thought. Exceeding a narrow focus on human idols, the chapters shed new light on virtual idols and YouTubers, cartoon characters and voices, robot idols and cybernetic systems. Science and technology studies thus comes together with theories of animation and anthropological work on life in more-than-human worlds.

目次

1. Idology in Transcultural Perspective: Anthropological Investigations of Popular Idolatry2. On Popular Idolatry: A Reflexive Symbological Spin3. Idols that Speak: How Psyche and Material Culture Co-construct Each Other4. Idol Economics: Television, Affective and Virtual Models in Japan5. Cyborg in Idology Studies: Symbiosis of Animating Humans and Machines6. The "Ultimate Athlete:" Bruce Lee, Martial Arts and the Pursuit of Human Perfection7. Idolization of Miyazaki Ken Local Mascots and Himukaizer Local Heroes: The Animate Spirits of Miyazaki, Japan8. Sacralize a Digital Character to Enhance Its Charm? Japanese Love Games and Female Fan Strategy9. "He Is My Precious:" The Cross-Referential Consumption and Use of "2.5-D" Idols in the King of Prism "Oenjoei" Screening Series10. Love Live! as an Affective-Religious Medium in the Postsecular Era11. Idolatry and Mediumship: Topologies of Affect in Japanese Media Culture

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