Research Catalog

Title

A critical companion to Mel Gibson / edited by Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna.

Publication

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barkman, Adam, 1979-
• Sanna, Antonio, 1978-

Description

viii, 257 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

"The thirteen essays in this book offer various interpretations of Mel Gibson's work, treating this brilliant but controversial figure not only as a filmmaker but as a historian, religious thinker, and social philosopher"--

Series Statement

Critical companions to contemporary directors

Uniform Title

Critical companions to contemporary directors.

Subject

• Gibson, Mel > Criticism and interpretation
• Motion picture producers and directors > Australia > Biography
• Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century
• Motion pictures > United States > History > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Faith, female sacrifice, and the medieval martyr in Mel Gibson's Braveheart / Eileen M. Harney -- A challenge to Jewish-Christian relations : Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ / Yaakov Ariel -- What Apocalypto reveals : migratory premonition and religiosity in Gibson's 'NA' film / Graham Lee -- The power of The passion : lessons on the Messiah from the sacred and secular / Amanda Rutherford and Sarah Baker -- Mel Gibson's visceral vision : exploring recovery from the human condition / Katherine Cottle -- The Aretē of war : Aristotelian virtue in Braveheart / Anneke Murley-Evenden and Adam Barkman -- It's a real, real, real man's world : sexy martyrdom and heroic fortitude in Mel Gibson's Braveheart, The Passion of the Christ, and Hacksaw Ridge / Josh Morrison, Todd G. Morrison, and Kandice M. Parker -- A falling comedy star : the ascent, descent and shift in the comedy film career of Mel Gibson / Peter Piatkowski -- Mel Gibson's Apocalypto : 'Not the Maya we know' / Brett A. Houk -- Film adaptation, depoliticization and The man without a face / Douglas C. MacLeod, Jr. -- Apocalypto and the ancient Maya : to entertain or to educate? / Heather McKillop -- Mel Gibson's unarmed war : Hacksaw Ridge / Andrea Mancini and Antonio Sanna.

Call Number

MWES (Gibson, M.) 24-2994

ISBN

• 9781666937732
• 1666937738
• 9781666937749 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023052536

OCLC

1412626691

Title

A critical companion to Mel Gibson / edited by Adam Barkman, Antonio Sanna.

Publisher

Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Critical companions to contemporary directors

Critical companions to contemporary directors.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Barkman, Adam, 1979- editor.

Sanna, Antonio, 1978- editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Critical companion to Mel Gibson Lanham : Lexington Books, [2024] 9781666937749 (DLC) 2023052537

Research Call Number

MWES (Gibson, M.) 24-2994