The Affair of the Photographs': Controlling the Public Image of a Nineteenth-Century Stigmatic
The article focuses on an episode concerning the photographs of the famous Belgian stigmatic, Louise Lateau. Examining the events leading up to the bishop's decision to restrict the circulation of her portrait, it becomes clear that the affair' of 1877 was as much about creating her publi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
Year: 2017, Volume: 68, Issue: 4, Pages: 784-806 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lateau, Louise 1850-1883
/ Image
/ Photography
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| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture CH Christianity and Society KBD Benelux countries KCD Hagiography; saints KDB Roman Catholic Church |
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| Summary: | The article focuses on an episode concerning the photographs of the famous Belgian stigmatic, Louise Lateau. Examining the events leading up to the bishop's decision to restrict the circulation of her portrait, it becomes clear that the affair' of 1877 was as much about creating her public saintly image as it was about controlling it. Studying the ecclesiastical response to grassroots initiatives adds a more religious perspective to the young field of celebrity studies and offers a more complex view on sanctity, and the role of the media and modern techniques in its creation, use and misuse. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0022046917000665 |