Screening the sacred : religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film /: religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Joel Martin.
• Authors: Martin, Joel W, 1956-
• Contents: Preface -- Introduction: Seeing the Sacred on the Screen -- Theological Criticism -- Shall These Bones Live? The Problem of Bodies in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Joel Coen’s Blood Simple -- Angels in the Primum Mobile: Dimensions of the Sacred in William Kennedy’s Ironweed, Novel and Film -- The Christian Allegorical Structure of Platoon -- Hollywood and Armageddon: Apocalyptic Themes in Recent Cinematic Presentation -- Mythological Criticism -- Star Wars: A Myth for Our Time -- With Eyes Uplifted: Space Aliens as Sky Gods -- Evolution of “The New Frontier” in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal Co-optation of the Feminine Archetype -- Ideological Criticism -- Redeeming America: Rocky as Ritual Racial Drama -- From Revelation to Dream: Allegory in David Lynch’s Blue Velvet -- Women Spoken For: Images of Displaced Desire -- Conclusion: Religion, Film, and Cultural Analysis
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (193 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43682; Motion pictures -- Religious aspects; Motion pictures -- United States
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429977022; 0429977026
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