Religious Representations in Popular Culture: Jesus of South Park

Anca Anton ()
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Anca Anton: University of Buharest

Revista Romana de Jurnalism si Comunicare - Romanian Journal of Journalism and Communication, 2018, issue 1, 26-45

Abstract: The paper focuses on identifying how Jesus is represented in the Comedy Central adult-oriented animated show South Park, an iconic popular culture product considered both the heir to The Simpsons and its superior in terms of social and cultural satire. We arrive at the core of the paper after revealing the subsequent strata of religion and popular culture, religion and television and religion and animated shows. Looking at the 21 seasons of the show, we selected the episodes in which Jesus appears and then proceeded by using content analysis to identify South Park-specific categories and themes regarding the representations of Jesus.

Keywords: Religious representations; adult animated series; Jesus; South Park; popular culture. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Y8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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