tailieunhanh - ‘‘Praise the Lord’’: Popular cinema and pentecostalite style in Ghana’s new public sphere

Tham khảo tài liệu '‘‘praise the lord’’: popular cinema and pentecostalite style in ghana’s new public sphere', văn hoá - nghệ thuật, sân khấu điện ảnh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | BIRGIT MEYER University of Amsterdam Praise the Lord Popular cinema and pentecostalite style in Ghana s new public sphere ABSTRACT In this article I examine the elective affinity between Pentecostalism and the vibrant video-film industry that has flourished in the wake of Ghana s adoption of a democratic constitution. I argue that as a result of the liberalization and commercialization of the media a new public sphere has emerged that can no longer be fully controlled by the state but that is increasingly indebted to Pentecostalism. Pentecostalism and video-films come together and articulate alternative Christian imaginations of modernity. Seeking to grasp the blurring of boundaries between religion and entertainment I examine the pentecostalite cultural style on which these alternative visions thrive. My main concern is to investigate the specific mode through which Pentecostal expressive forms go public thereby transforming the public sphere. Ghana Pentecostalism media public sphere video-films popular culture style n the course of the last ten years the place and the role of both popular culture and Christian religion have expanded in Ghanaian society. Once confined to a secluded partially hidden and elusive domain Christianity especially its Pentecostal variant has become increasingly prominent in the media. This expansion has accompanied Ghana s move toward democracy following adoption of the 1992 constitution which entailed the liberalization of the media and the opening up of public space to the concerns and views of ordinary people. The Ghanaian video-film industry which emerged in the course of the late 1980s and really took off in the early 1990s undertaking more than 50 productions a year was both facilitated by and an expression of the move toward democracy. Eagerly echoing the views and concerns of Pentecostal-charismatic churches which became increasingly popular in the course of the 1980s the video-film industry has contributed significantly to the .