Between ubiquitous media event and teenage fan phenomenon: notes on the mainstream cult of James Cameron’s Titanic
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17 juillet 2015
- doi: 10.4000/books.pur.24183
- isbn: 9782868476487
- eisbn: 9782753537408
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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culture de masse séries télévisées sociologie des media sociologie de l'art fans culture populaire arts du spectacles Art Sociology SOC002010 JHMCSujets proches
NRMs (Religion) Religious movements, New Religious movements, Alternative New religious movements Marginal religious movements Cultus Cult New religions Religious movements, Marginal Alternative religious movementsCiter ce document
Gunnar Sæbø, « Between ubiquitous media event and teenage fan phenomenon: notes on the mainstream cult of James Cameron’s Titanic », Presses universitaires de Rennes, ID : 10.4000/books.pur.24183
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INTRODUCTION: MORE THAN A MOVIE The concept of cult is concerned with great devotion towards a person, object, idea or work, such as a film or a book. Usually, the cult is associated with a small sectarian group characterised by such devotion. Cults understood in this sense are almost by definition based on a set of acquired and limited cultural codes and symbolic capital, that function to distinguish the “deviant” believers from the non-believers. Often, much of the cultic potential is found...