A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Mannerheim in the Twenty-First Century: Finnish National Symbol, Aesthetics, and Media Strategies
Authors: Kyyrö Jere
Publisher: BRILL ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS
Publication year: 2017
Journal: Journal of Religion in Europe
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF RELIGION IN EUROPE
Journal acronym: J RELIG EUR
Volume: 10
Issue: 1-2
First page : 44
Last page: 70
Number of pages: 27
ISSN: 1874-8910
eISSN: 1874-8929
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18748929-01002003
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1163/18748929-01002003
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/24347630
This article analyses media discussions around three film projects of the 2000s and 2010s, interpreting the figure of field marshal C.G.E. Mannerheim from the point of view of Bourdieuan social aesthetics and civil religion. Mannerheim is a central part of Finnish civil religious concentration of symbols-that is symbols associated to the Finnish nation. This article analyses different actors' strategies of classification, legitimisation, de-legitimisation, and evaluation in relation to the three film projects. These socio-aesthetic strategies reflect the positions and competitive environment of the Finnish media field. Civil religious concentration of symbols and their connected aesthetic practices work as resources for media power and for classificatory power, and media competition creates a new kind of visibility for these civil religious symbols.
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