Cult (disambiguation)
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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"There are certain criteria for an item to become a 'cult item' and to gain a cult following. First of all fans of cult items have a religious, idolatrous and fetishistic devotion -- appropriately so because the terms cult, fetish and idol have their origins in primitive religion. Furthermore, cult items never belong to the mainstream and the devotion of their fans is often obsessive. There is also a historical and genre element: cult items generally don't gain that status until some time after their release and certain genres such as horror, erotica and science fiction attract cults more easily than others. In literary and cinematic fiction, cult items often contain 'subversive' elements like references to non-normative forms of sexuality and as such have often been censored or banned. Lastly, cult items are are avidly collected." --Sholem Stein |
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Cult, in its original sense, refers to:
- Cult (religious practice), the totality of external religious practice and observance, the neglect of which is the definition of impiety
Cult may also refer to:
- Cult, a cohesive group of people devoted to beliefs or practices that the surrounding culture or society considers to be outside the mainstream.
- Cult of personality, a political leader and his following, voluntary or otherwise
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