Screening The Sacred

Screening the Sacred provides fresh and welcome insight for film criticism and holds far-reaching relevance for the study of religion. It is written for students, scholars, and other readers interested in religion, popular film, and the impact of each on American culture.

Zusammenfassung
This is a systematic study of religion and film in American culture. Employing theological, mythological, and social and political criticism, the book analyzes the influence of religion on popular film as well as how the medium has helped influence and shape American religious culture.

Autorentext

Joel Martin

Klappentext

Screening the Sacred provides fresh and welcome insight for film criticism and holds far-reaching relevance for the study of religion. It is written for students, scholars, and other readers interested in religion, popular film, and the impact of each on American culture.

Inhalt
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