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Seeing and believing : religion and values in the movies
- Title
- Seeing and believing : religion and values in the movies / Margaret R. Miles.
- Author
- Miles, Margaret Ruth.
- Publication
- Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 254 p.; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-238) and index.
- Contents
- pt. I. Religion in popular film. Moving shadows: religion and film as cultural products -- "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" : The Last temptation of Christ; Jesus of Montreal -- Seeing (as if) with our own eyes : The Mission; Romero -- Not with my other: representing Islam and Judaism in a dominantly Christian society : Not without my daughter; The Chosen; Chariots of fire -- There is a bomb in Gilead: Christian fundamentalism in popular film : The Handmaid's tale; The Rapture. pt. II. Race, gender, sexuality, and class in popular film. "Older, wiser, stronger": representation and self-representation : The Long walk home; Daughters of the dust -- Good clean fun: Love in popular film : Thelma and Louise; The Piano -- Bodies, pleasures, and pains : Jungle fever; Paris is burning -- What you see is what you get: religion and values in movies.
- Call Number
- MFL 96-9777
- ISBN
- 0807010308
- LCCN
- 95024927
- OCLC
- 32968526
- Author
- Miles, Margaret Ruth.
- Title
- Seeing and believing : religion and values in the movies / Margaret R. Miles.
- Imprint
- Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-238) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 96-9777