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Profane parables : film and the American dream / Matthew S. Rindge.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.5 .R56 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rindge, Matthew S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--United States.
- United States.
- American Dream--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- American Dream.
- Fight club (Motion picture).
- American beauty (Motion picture).
- About Schmidt (Motion picture).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 179 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- The American dream
- The sacred ethos of American religion
- Fight club
- Lamenting God's abandonment and the American dream
- American beauty
- Death as divine beauty
- About Schmidt
- An American rich fool
- Films as parables of disorientation
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781481304290
- 1481304291
- OCLC:
- 914257009
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