Hollywood biblical epics : camp spectacle and queer style from the silent era to the modern day /: camp spectacle and queer style from the silent era to the modern day. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Richard Lindsay.
• Authors: Lindsay, Richard A
• Contents: PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: "It Is as It Was"Part I Parallel Passion Plays: The King of Kings and The Passion of the ChristChapter 1 The Scripturalization of The King of Kings and The Passion of the ChristChapter 2 The Camp King of Kings and the Monstrous PassionPart II Cold War Camp in Midcentury Biblical FilmsChapter 3 The Orgies of God: Anti-Communist Gospel, the Gospel of the Production Code, and the Gospel of Spectacle in Postwar Biblical FilmsChapter 4 "You're Not a Well Woman, Honey": Effeminate Villains in Biblical FilmsChapter 5 Ben-Hur and the Beefcake BibleAfterwordNotesResource GuideIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (232 pages)
• Subjects: 791.436822; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism; Bible films -- History and criticism; Homosexuality and motion pictures; Performing Arts -- Film & Video -- General; Film: styles & genres
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216098515
• Related ISBNs: 9781440837524
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.