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The altarmakers /

The Altarmakers investigates the modern "spiritual products" industry and the hybridized religious practices of people who buy these items. Set in Los Angeles, the filmmaker uses her own discovery of altarmaking as a tool for healing grief to frame her exploration, which addresses the chan...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Jones, Rachel Elizabeth (Director, Producer, Narrator)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Los Angeles, CA : University of Southern California, 2013.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Altars.
Consumer goods.
Spirituality.
Religious articles.
Biens de consommation.
Spiritualité.
Objets religieux.
Altars
Consumer goods
Religious articles
Spirituality
documentary film.
Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:The Altarmakers investigates the modern "spiritual products" industry and the hybridized religious practices of people who buy these items. Set in Los Angeles, the filmmaker uses her own discovery of altarmaking as a tool for healing grief to frame her exploration, which addresses the changed landscape of spiritual practice in a globalized, consumerist era. With footage and interviews from "the world's most complete manufacturer and distributor of spiritual products," as well as tours of personal altars, The Altarmakers asks what is gained and what is lost when religion becomes a creation of an individual's own experience of history.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed April 18, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (31 min.)
Playing Time:00:30:48