Screening the sacred : religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film / edited by Joel W. Martin, Conrad E. Ostwalt, Jr.
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| Language: | English |
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Boulder :
Westview Press,
1995.
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| Physical Description: | x, 193 pages ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |
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.