This book examines the proliferation of monumental Christian street art in a Muslim/Christian conflict to show how ephemeral phenomena are inherent to sociopolitical change.
This book examines the proliferation of monumental Christian street art in a Muslim/Christian conflict to show how ephemeral phenomena are inherent to sociopolitical change.
Patricia Spyer is Professor of Anthropology at the Graduate Institute, Geneva. She is the author of The Memory of Trade: Modernity's Entanglements on an Eastern Indonesian Island (Duke, 2000). She has also edited and co-edited a number of books, including Images That Move (SAR Press, 2013), Handbook of Material Culture (Sage, 2006, pbk 2013), and Border Fetishisms: Material Objects in Unstable Spaces (Routledge, 1998).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction: Violence, Visuality, and Appearance 1 Image, Appearance, Figuration, 8 A Christian Town, 11 The Appearance of Crisis, 15 Matters of Perception, 18 Orphaning the Nation, 20 Orphaned Landscapes, 23 A Symptomatology of Crisis, 28 1 Fire without Smoke 33 War's Fog, 36 Fire without Smoke, 40 The Thick of Things, 45 Soundtracks of War, 52 Amplifications, 54 Anticipatory Practices, 58 Official Peace, 63 2 Christ at Large 67 Christ at Large, 76 The Canon in the Street, 79 Guardians of the Neighborhood, 88 Streetwise Masculinity, 96 This Face Wants you, 104 Sighting the Street, 109 3 Images without Borders 113 Painting Christianity, 116 Landscape I: Christian Enclave, 127 Landscape II: Pancasila Jesus, 132 Landscape III: Sidewalk Citizenship, 136 Landscape IV: Witnessing the End-Time, 146 Frames at War, 152 A Frenzy of the Visible, 154 4 Religion under the Sign of Crisis 157 Times Rich in Demons, 158 Conversion's Unstable Alchemy, 161 Religion under the Sign of Crisis, 163 Simplifications, 166 Terms of Coexistence, 170 Symptomatology: Treacherous Things, 176 Symptomatology: Treacherous Persons, 180 Neighbors and Neighborhoods, 184 5 Provoking Peace 191 Spectacles of Reconciliation, 193 The Child in the Picture, 199 Peace Journalism, 214 Scrolling for Peace, 222 Conclusion: Ephemeral Mediations 229 Acknowledgments 233 Notes 239 Works Cited 281 Index 299
Introduction: Violence, Visuality, and Appearance 1 Image, Appearance, Figuration, 8 A Christian Town, 11 The Appearance of Crisis, 15 Matters of Perception, 18 Orphaning the Nation, 20 Orphaned Landscapes, 23 A Symptomatology of Crisis, 28 1 Fire without Smoke 33 War's Fog, 36 Fire without Smoke, 40 The Thick of Things, 45 Soundtracks of War, 52 Amplifications, 54 Anticipatory Practices, 58 Official Peace, 63 2 Christ at Large 67 Christ at Large, 76 The Canon in the Street, 79 Guardians of the Neighborhood, 88 Streetwise Masculinity, 96 This Face Wants you, 104 Sighting the Street, 109 3 Images without Borders 113 Painting Christianity, 116 Landscape I: Christian Enclave, 127 Landscape II: Pancasila Jesus, 132 Landscape III: Sidewalk Citizenship, 136 Landscape IV: Witnessing the End-Time, 146 Frames at War, 152 A Frenzy of the Visible, 154 4 Religion under the Sign of Crisis 157 Times Rich in Demons, 158 Conversion's Unstable Alchemy, 161 Religion under the Sign of Crisis, 163 Simplifications, 166 Terms of Coexistence, 170 Symptomatology: Treacherous Things, 176 Symptomatology: Treacherous Persons, 180 Neighbors and Neighborhoods, 184 5 Provoking Peace 191 Spectacles of Reconciliation, 193 The Child in the Picture, 199 Peace Journalism, 214 Scrolling for Peace, 222 Conclusion: Ephemeral Mediations 229 Acknowledgments 233 Notes 239 Works Cited 281 Index 299
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