Thou Shalt Kill … Carefully: Secular Religion, the Immanent Frame, and Showtime's Dexter

Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 171 - 185
Published: Sep 1, 2015
Abstract
This article uses the television series Dexter as a space to explore the practice of religion in a secular society. Employing critical discourse analysis, which focuses on the causal relationships between discursive practices or texts and sociocultural processes, we situate the habitual killing activity of protagonist Dexter Morgan in what Charles Taylor calls the “immanent frame.” By using the concepts of ritual provided by anthropologists Roy...
Paper Details
Title
Thou Shalt Kill … Carefully: Secular Religion, the Immanent Frame, and Showtime's Dexter
Published Date
Sep 1, 2015
Volume
27
Issue
3
Pages
171 - 185
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