Terence Heng (Singapore Glasgow School of Art Singapore)

Of Gods, Gifts and Ghosts

Spiritual Places in Urban Spaces

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Produktbeschreibung

Of Gods, Gifts and Ghosts is a groundbreaking exploration into the intersections between visual sociology and creative photographic practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 237
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 206mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 782g
• ISBN-13: 9781138347366
• ISBN-10: 1138347361
• Artikelnr.: 60004362

Autorenporträt

Terence Heng is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool. He is the author of Visual Methods in the Field: Photography for the Social Sciences (Routledge, 2016), and his work has been featured in Area, The Sociological Review, Cultural Geographies and Visual Communication. He is the 2015 winner of The Sociological Review's Prize for Outstanding Scholarship.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Visualising the (Spiritual) City 3. The Social Dead, The
Agentic Spirit 4. The Hungry Ghost Festival and Aesthetic Juxtaposition 5.
Tang-ki as Embodied Spiritual Capital and Arbiters of Sacred Space 6.
Intimate Sacred Spaces - The Body and Home 7. The Ebb and Flow of Sacred
Spaces 8. Movement and Motion in Sacred Flowscapes 9. Conclusion Epilogue