Cyber Execration: a case study of Ushi no Koku Mairi and its Re-Enchantment through online cursing
The practice of Ushi no Koku Mairi, a Japanese form of casting curses, has sustained changes from a pre-modern tradition to an online form of execration. Though once a practice imbued with magical qualities, rigid rationalization has undermined such qualities, resulting in disenchantment. The curre...
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doaj-0e36a4c8caa3404b94fca77fd69a96fd2021-08-02T03:01:45ZengEtudes Scientifiques Spécialisées Appliquées aux Communications Humaines, Economiques, Sociales et SymboliquesEssachess2066-50831775-352X2011-01-0148175189Cyber Execration: a case study of Ushi no Koku Mairi and its Re-Enchantment through online cursingSalvador JIMENEZ MURGUIAThe practice of Ushi no Koku Mairi, a Japanese form of casting curses, has sustained changes from a pre-modern tradition to an online form of execration. Though once a practice imbued with magical qualities, rigid rationalization has undermined such qualities, resulting in disenchantment. The current form of cyber execration, however, and its seemingly limitless virtual features have served to re-instate cursing’s enchanting potential. This article provides a case study of Ushi no Koku Mairi as a phenomenon that is at once rationalized through systematic precepts of digital technology, and re-enchanted through the spectacle of simulation, implosion and the manipulation of time and space.http://essachess.com/index.php/jcs/article/view/134/116cursingexecrationJapanrationalityre-enchantment |
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Cyber Execration: a case study of Ushi no Koku Mairi and its Re-Enchantment through online cursing |
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Cyber Execration: a case study of Ushi no Koku Mairi and its Re-Enchantment through online cursing |
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Cyber Execration: a case study of Ushi no Koku Mairi and its Re-Enchantment through online cursing |
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Cyber Execration: a case study of Ushi no Koku Mairi and its Re-Enchantment through online cursing |
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cyber execration: a case study of ushi no koku mairi and its re-enchantment through online cursing |
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Etudes Scientifiques Spécialisées Appliquées aux Communications Humaines, Economiques, Sociales et Symboliques |
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The practice of Ushi no Koku Mairi, a Japanese form of casting curses, has sustained changes from a pre-modern tradition to an online form of execration. Though once a practice imbued with magical qualities, rigid rationalization has undermined such qualities, resulting in disenchantment. The current form of cyber execration, however, and its seemingly limitless virtual features have served to re-instate cursing’s enchanting potential. This article provides a case study of Ushi no Koku Mairi as a phenomenon that is at once rationalized through systematic precepts of digital technology, and re-enchanted through the spectacle of simulation, implosion and the manipulation of time and space. |
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cursing execration Japan rationality re-enchantment |
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