Vernacular knowledge is a realm of discourses and beliefs that
challenge institutional authorities and official truths, defying
regulation and eluding monovocal expressions of the status quo.
Unlike monolithic ‘truths’, religious or secular, vernacular
knowledge tends to be dynamic, fluid, ambivalent, controversial,
appearing in multiple forms and open to alternatives. Ranging
through culturally, religiously, geographically, politically, and
socially varied contexts, Vernacular Knowledge examines heteroglot
expressions of knowledge revealed in various genres: traditional
tales and personal experience narratives, rumours and jokes,
alternative histories and material culture, placelore and ritual.
Transmitted through multiple communication strategies (face to
face, social media, online forums, publications, etc.) vernacular
knowledge is shared and shaped communally but individually
articulated and actualised. Covering various realms of the
supernatural, such as ghosts, saints, spirits, magic, energy lines,
and divination, vernacular knowledge also underpins beliefs and
assertions such as those expressed in conspiracy theories,
challenges to politically and ideologically determined creeds, and
other socially compelling ideas that undermine prevailing wisdom.
Vernacular religion operates in creative tension not only in
relation to institutional forms of religion but also to secularism,
state sponsored atheism and scientific rationalism. Both vernacular
knowledge and vernacular religion consistently (though often
invisibly) challenge the homogeneity of dominant discourses and the
hegemony of institutionalised authorities in myriad contexts. This
volume is dedicated to Leonard Norman Primiano (1957–2021).
General
| Imprint: |
Equinox Publishing Ltd
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
October 2022 |
| Editors: |
Ulo Valk
• Marion Bowman
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| Dimensions: |
234 x 155mm (L x W) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Cloth over boards
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| Pages: |
434 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78179-236-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-78179-236-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781781792360 |
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