{"product_id":"the-making-of-the-pentecostal-melodrama-religion-media-and-gender-in-kinshasa-9781782386810","title":"The Making of the Pentecostal Melodrama:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tHow religion, gender, and urban sociality are expressed in and mediated via television drama in Kinshasa is the focus of this ethnographic study. Influenced by Nigerian films and intimately related to the emergence of a charismatic Christian scene, these teleserials integrate melodrama, conversion narratives, Christian songs, sermons, testimonies, and deliverance rituals to produce commentaries on what it means to be an inhabitant of Kinshasa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“I would highly recommend this fascinating  ethnography to upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in anthropology and African, religious, media, performance, and urban studies.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e ·  American Anthropologist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis book is… an exemplary combination of detailed ethnography and anthropological theory that is rare in the study of Pentecostalism. Pype’s writing is flawless and engaging. She also allows immediate access to some of the film material through the publisher’s website. Moreover, Pype’s reflections of her own role as researcher provide transparent insights into the dynamics of her fieldwork. This dimension also makes the book a reference-point for those interested in participant observation among Pentecostals.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eClearly, the analysis and conclusions of this book reach much wider than Kinshasa’s Pentecostal groups alone. Not only does it have far-reaching consequences for contemporary thinking on religion, and where and how to study it, it also opens up discussions in the fields of media, popular culture and arts, youth, gender and sexuality, and urban studies. As such, the book - with accompanying moving images available at Berghahn’s website - is of great value to a much wider readership than only those interested in Pentecostalism in Africa.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Pype’s book is a contribution to ‘anthropology of media’, an upcoming sub-discipline of cultural studies, and this (but not only this) makes this publication so important.,,[and] inspiring.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  PentecoStudies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“By offering a vibrant ethnography of the trajectories of evangelizing TV actors’, their personal ambitions, anxieties, and disagreements with one another, Pype deconstructs the content of the melodrama…the ethnography offers insight into the role of religious media in the public sphere and its impacts on morals, even in secularized societies.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Sociology of Religion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Pype proposes a very innovative understanding of the continuum between artistic and moral dimensions of media production\/consumption. For this, she uses the problem of gender as a critical guideline to understand the continuities and disruptions provoked by the ‘Pentecostal melodrama’. From this perspective, this book…moves beyond the mere analysis of Pentecostalism as a phenomenon in itself, placing it within a wider, more fruitful scope\u003cbr\u003e \tof reflection.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Social Anthropology\/Anthropologie sociale\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“Theoretically literate, based on superb ethnography, this book provides one of the best studies of television we have yet in African studies…[that] promises to open up a new field of analysis and define the standards for how this research is to be conducted…a landmark that will make a significant contribution to some of the main fields in African studies and anthropology.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Brian Larkin, \u003c\/strong\u003eColumbia University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“[A] tour de force. This very elegantly and evocatively written ethnography of Congolese television drama is a path-breaking example of what it means to conduct and construct a thick description of a culture of media production.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Debra Spitulnik Vidali\u003c\/strong\u003e, Emory University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This book is beautifully written, theoretically sophisticated, nuanced in its analysis and empirically rich. Given that so much has already been written on African Pentecostalism, coming up with something original and new to say on the topic is quite a challenge, but Pype pulls it off and deserves a lot of credit for that.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Martin Lindhardt\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Copenhagen\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The author deserves great praise for the original way in which she moves her analysis beyond a mere observation of African Pentecostalism. This ethnographically grounded book not only captures the heterogeneity that marks Kinshasa in a beautiful way, but it also innovatively combines three currently burgeoning fields within anthropology: the anthropology of urban settings, the anthropology of youth, and the anthropology of media.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  Filip De Boeck\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Leuven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tIllustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tOn Language\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. The First Episode\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tReligion, Media and Kinshasa’s Public Sphere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWorking with Cultural Producers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMediation and Remediation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tResearch Methodologies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tStructure of the Text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. Cursing the City. The Ethnographic Field and the Pentecostal Imagination\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Heat of Kinshasa\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCompeting Christianities\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSigns of the Apocalypse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWitchcraft, or the Extraction of Life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Christian Key Scenario\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTo Conclude: (Re-)Presenting the Apocalypse\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3. Of Fathers and Names. Social Dynamics in an Evangelising Drama Group\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tBienvenu Toukebana: Setting up and Managing a Drama Group\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFiston ‘Chapy’ Muzama: From Rapper to Pastor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Pastor and Maman Pasteur\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tClovis Ikala: Setting up a New Theatre Company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCinarc versus the Group of Muyombe Gauche: Rivalries among Troupes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMamy Moke and her Lover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAnce Luzolo: Boasting with a Contact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4. Variations on Divine Afflatus. Artistic Inspiration, Special Effects, and Sermons\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Christian Artist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Pastor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSpecial Effects as Visual Evidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConclusion: Special Effects, Dreams and Melodrama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. Mimesis in Motion. Embodied Experiences of Performers and Spectators\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGoing into Seclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tMimesis and Possession\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tSpectators and the Sacred\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tVisuality and the Senses\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tFraming to Protect\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tClosing Notes: Mediating Performances\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. The Right Road. Moral Movements, Confessions and the Christian Subject\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\t‘I am a Sinner’\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Moral Movement\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tA Modern Purification?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTo Conclude I: Mediation by the Holy Spirit: Transformation from Evil to Purity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTo Conclude II: Melodrama and Rituals\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7. Opening up the Country. Christian Popular Culture, the Generation Trouble and Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Difference between Existing and Living\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Generation Trouble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Healing Power of Narrative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tPast, Present and Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tTo Conclude: Youth, Christianity and Development\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. Marriage comes from God. Negotiating Matrimony and Sexuality (Part I)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tAgainst Ethnic Endogamous Marriages: Mayimona\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tIncest Reconsidered: The Devouring Fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tNegotiating Adultery: The Open Tomb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tConcluding Notes: Playing the Games\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. The Danger of Sex. Negotiating Matrimony and Urban Sexuality (Part II)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tKindumba: Deviations from Accepted Sexual Practices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tGod’s Men Making Meaning of Sex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tOpposing Messages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tWomen and Social Power: The Moziki Women and Vedettes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion I: \u003c\/strong\u003eNegotiations about Matrimony and Sexuality\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion II: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Melodrama and the Feminine\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10. Closure, Subplots and Cliffhanger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Melodrama on and beyond the Screen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tCultural Producers in an Apocalyptic Society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Recovery of the Salon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e \t\tThe Next Episode\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042221293911,"sku":"9781782386810","price":26.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782386810.jpg?v=1750953503","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-making-of-the-pentecostal-melodrama-religion-media-and-gender-in-kinshasa-9781782386810","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}