Bibliograph

Screening the sacred, religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film, edited by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr

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Screening the sacred, religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film, edited by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Screening the sacred

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electronic resource

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bibliographydictionaries

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649814238

Responsibility statement

edited by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr

Series statement

ACLS Humanities E-Book

Sub title

religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film

Table Of Contents

Introduction: seeing the sacred on the screen / Joel W. Martin -- Shall these bones live? The Problem of bodies in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Joel Coen's Blood simple / Larry E. Grimes -- Angels in the primum mobile: dimensions of the sacred in William Kennedy's Ironweed, novel and film / Ted L Estess -- The Christian allegorical structure of Platoon / Avent Childress Beck -- Hollywood and Armageddon: apocalyptic themes in recent cinematic presentation / Conrad E. Ostwalt Jr. -- Star wars: a myth for our time / Andrew Gordon -- With eyes uplifted: space aliens as sky gods / Caron Schwartz Ellis -- Evolution of "The New frontier" in Alien and Aliens: patriarchal co-optation of the feminine archetype / Janice Hocker Rushing -- Redeeming America: Rocky as ritual racial drama / Joel W. Martin -- From revelation to dream: allegory in David Lynch's Blue velvet / Elizabeth McLemore -- Women spoken for: images of displaced desire / Irena Makarushka -- Conclusion: religion, film, and cultural analysis / Conrad E. Ostwalt Jr

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