| Description |
x, 193 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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ATLA Special Series
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Religious aspects.
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| Added Author |
Martin, Joel W., 1956-
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Ostwalt, Conrad Eugene, 1959-
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American Council of Learned Societies.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: https://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
0813388295 |
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0813388309 |
| Standard No. |
2027/heb07707 hdl |
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