Scientology in popular culture : influences and struggles for legitimacy /: influences and struggles for legitimacy. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen A. Kent and Susan Raine, editors.
• Editors: Kent, Stephen A
• Contents: IntroductionSusan Raine1. Colonizing Terra Incognita: L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology, and the Quest for EmpireSusan Raine2. Typewriter in the Sky: L. Ron Hubbard's Fiction and the Birth of the ThetanHugh B. Urban3. Earth as Battlefield and Mission: Knowledge, Technology, and Power in L. R. Hubbard's Late NovelsStefano Bigliardi4. Scientology's Recruitment Policies Targeting CelebritiesStephen A. Kent5. Celebrities Keeping Scientology WorkingStephen A. Kent6. Scientology's Celebrity ApostatesStephen A. Kent7. Hollywood BitesTami M. Bereska8. Must-See Television: Interviews with ScientologistsTami M. Bereska9. Presentations of Scientology in Prominent North American News SeriesTerra Manca10. Scientology's Relationship with the Internet: The Struggles of Contemporary Perception ManagementMax Halupka11. Remember the Whole Track? The Hidden Persuaders in Scientology ArtGeorge Shaw and Susan Raine12. L. Ron Hubbard's Foray into the World of MusicMark EvansAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (408 pages)
• Subjects: 299.936; Religion -- Cults; Scientology; Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Scientology; Religion -- Psychology of Religion; Social Science -- Popular Culture; Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216142621
• Related ISBNs: 9781440832499
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