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Screening the sacred: religion, myth, and ideology in popular American film
Joel W. Martin and Conrad Eugene Ostwalt
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Frontmatter
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Preface (page vii)
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Acknowledgments (page ix)
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1 Introduction: Seeing the Sacred on the Screen (JOEL W. MARTIN, page 1)
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PART ONE THEOLOGICAL CRITICISM (page 13)
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2 Shall These Bones Live? The Problem of Bodies in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho and Joel Coen's Blood Simple (LARRY E. GRIMES, page 19)
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3 Angels in the Primum Mobile: Dimensions of the Sacred in William Kennedy's Ironweed, Novel and Film (TED L. ESTESS, page 30)
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4 The Christian Allegorical Structure of Platoon (AVENT CHILDRESS BECK, page 44)
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5 Hollywood and Armageddon: Apocalyptic Themes in Recent Cinematic Presentation (CONRAD E. OSTWALT JR., page 55)
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PART TWO MYTHOLOGICAL CRITICISM (page 65)
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6 Star Wars: A Myth for Our Time (ANDREW GORDON, page 73)
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7 With Eyes Uplifted: Space Aliens as Sky Gods (CARON SCHWARTZ ELLIS, page 83)
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8 Evolution of "The New Frontier" in Alien and Aliens: Patriarchal Co-optation of the Feminine Archetype (JANICE HOCKER RUSHING, page 94)
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PART THREE IDEOLOGICAL CRITICISM (page 119)
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9 Redeeming America: Rocky as Ritual Racial Drama (JOEL W. MARTIN, page 125)
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10 From Revelation to Dream: Allegory in David Lynch's Blue Velvet (ELIZABETH MCLEMORE, page 134)
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11 Women Spoken For: Images of Displaced Desire (IRENA MAKARUSHKA, page 142)
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12 Conclusion: Religion, Film, and Cultural Analysis (CONRAD E. OSTWALT JR., page 152)
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Notes and References (page 161)
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About the Book and Editors (page 183)
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Index (page 185)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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JAAR | 65.2 (Summer 1997): 496-498 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1465778 |
RAC | 10.2 (Summer 2000): 225-239 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1123947 |
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Published: c1995
Publisher: Westview Press
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