Insurgents and icons

Anna Karina Hermkens; Eric Venbrux

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199735235.003.0003

Insurgents and icons

Anna Karina Hermkens^*, Eric Venbrux

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Abstract

The chapter tracks the appropriation and circulation of two very different kinds of images. First, it examines media depictions of a protest action at Rome's Trevi Fountain, a tourist destination and pilgrimage site. Then it compares this action to the deployment of images of the Virgin Mary on Bougainville Island in the Pacific. In both cases, images are wielded in protest against oppression. Local actors, appropriating the power of these symbols, mobilize them in local media to mark their positions in war or conflict, thereby constellating divergent sentiments and practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ritual, media, and conflict
Editors	Ronald L. Grimes, Ute Hüsken, Udo Simon, Eric Venbrux
Place of Publication	New York, US
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Pages	63-92
Number of pages	30
ISBN (Electronic)	9780199895175
ISBN (Print)	9780199735235
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199735235.003.0003
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bougainville
conflict
media
protests
ritual
The Virgin Mary
Trevi fountain

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