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Media authenticity and authority in Mauritius: On the mediality of language in religion
- Author(s):
- Patrick Eisenlohr (see profile)
- Date:
- 2011
- Group(s):
- Anthropology, Religious Studies
- Subject(s):
- Anthropological linguistics, Religion
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Mauritius, Media and religion, sound reproduction, language and mediation, indexicality, Linguistic anthropology, Religious studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M6B52Q
- Abstract:
- In this article I suggest that the rapidly growing interest in the intersection of linguistic anthropology and media needs to be accompanied by a deeper investigation of the mediality of language. Discussing Mauritian Muslims’ uses of sound reproduction in religious events revolving around the recitation of devotional poetry, this paper explores how language as a medium converges and interacts with media technologies of other kinds. I suggest that the oscillation between a foregrounding of the medium and its phenomenological withdrawal characterizes the functioning of both linguistic mediation and other media technologies and provides a comparative dimension to examine their interplay.
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- Published as:
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- Pub. DOI:
- doi:10.1016/j.langcom.2011.03.005
- Publisher:
- Elsevier BV
- Pub. Date:
- 2011-4-15
- Journal:
- Language & Communication
- Volume:
- 31
- Issue:
- 3
- Page Range:
- 266 - 273
- ISSN:
- 0271-5309
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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Media authenticity and authority in Mauritius: On the mediality of language in religion