Authentic Fakes
Subtitle: Religion and American popular culture
By: David Chidester.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Popular culture -- Religious aspects; Popular culture -- United States; Impostors and imposture
First sentence: American popular culture produces fakes, not only things that are made up and invented, but also people who are frauds and charlatans.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-272) and index.
Table of contents: label: Preface
pagenum: vii; label: Introduction
pagenum: 1; label: 1.
title: Planet Hollywood
pagenum: 11; label: 2.
title: Popular religion
pagenum: 30; label: 3.
title: Plastic religion
pagenum: 52; label: 4.
title: Embodied religion
pagenum: 71; label: 5.
title: Sacrificial religion
pagenum: 91; label: 6.
title: Monetary religion
pagenum: 111; label: 7.
title: Global religion
pagenum: 131; label: 8.
title: Transatlantic religion
pagenum: 150; label: 9.
title: Shamanic religion
pagenum: 172; label: 10.
title: Virtual religion
pagenum: 190; label: 11.
title: Planet America.
pagenum: 213; label: Notes
pagenum: 233; label: Index
pagenum: 273