Privilege of Being Banal Oliphant Elayne
Privilege of Being Banal Oliphant Elayne France, officially, is a secular nation. At the same time, it often fades into the background as nothing more than "heritage." In a creative inversion, Elayne…
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Privilege of Being Banal Oliphant Elayne
France, officially, is a secular nation. At the same time, it often fades into the background as nothing more than "heritage." In a creative inversion, Elayne Oliphant asks in The Privilege of Being Banal what, exactly, is hiding in plain sight? Yet Catholicism is undeniably a monumental presence, defining the temporal and spatial rhythms of Paris.
Oliphant's aim is to unravel the contradictions of religion and secularism and, in the process, show how aesthetics and Could the banality of Catholicism actually be a kind of hidden power?Exploring the violent histories and alternate trajectories effaced through this banal backgrounding of a crucial aspect of French history and culture, this richly textured ethnography lays bare the profound nostalgia that undergirds Catholicism's circulation in nonreligious sites such as museums, corporate spaces, and political debates.