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Film as religion : myths, morals, and rituals / John C. Lyden.
LIBRA PN1995.5 .L89 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lyden, John, 1959-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Religious aspects.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 289 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- Part I, A method for viewing film as religion ; Existing approaches to religion and film ; The definition of religion ; Myths about myth ; Rituals and morals ; The religion-film dialogue as interreligious dialogue
- Part II, Genre and film analyses ; Westerns and action movies ; Gangster films ; Melodrama, tearjerkers, and "women's films" ; Romantic comedies ; Children's films and fantasy ; Science fiction ; Thrillers and horror movies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0814751806
- 0814751814
- OCLC:
- 51020397
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