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Hollywood in the Holy Land : essays on film depictions of the Crusades and Christian-Muslim clashes
- Title
- Hollywood in the Holy Land : essays on film depictions of the Crusades and Christian-Muslim clashes / edited by Nickolas Haydock and E.L. Risden.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2009], ©2009.
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- Description
- viii, 311 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "An exciting new work in the burgeoning field of movie medievalism, this collection of essays focuses on film representations of the Crusades, other medieval East/West encounters, and the modern inheritance of encounters between orientalist fantasy and apocalyptic conspiracy. The essays themselves make substantial contributions to our understanding of orientalist medievalism in film"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Includes filmographies.
- Contents
- Introduction. "The Unseen Cross Upon the Breast:" Medievalism, Orientalism, and Discontent / Nickolas Haydock -- 1. Framing the West, Staging the East: Set Design, Location, and Landscape in Cinematic Medievalism / John M. Ganim -- 2. Homeland Security: Northern Crusades through the East-European Eyes of Alexander Nevsky and the Nevsky Tradition / Nickolas Haydock -- 3. Now Starring in the Third Crusade: Depictions of Richard I and Saladin in Films and Television Series / Lorraine Kochanske Stock -- 4. Saladi Nasser: Nasser's Political Crusade in El Naser Salah Ad-Din / Paul B. Sturtevant -- 5. "La geste que Turoldus declinet": History and Authorship in Frank Cassenti's Chanson de Roland / Lynn Ramey -- 6. Agenda Layered Upon Agenda: Anthony Mann's 1961 Film El Cid / Kevin J. Harty -- 7. El Cid: Defeat of the Cresentade / Tom Shippey -- 8. Nobody but the Other Buddy: Hollywood, the Crusades, and Buddy Pictures / E. L. Risden -- 9. Medieval Times: Bodily Temporalities in The Thief of Bagdad (1924), The Thief of Bagdad (1940), and Aladdin (1992) / Kathleen Coyne Kelly -- 10. Chivalric Conspiracies: Templar Romance and the Redemption of History in National Treasure and The Da Vinci Code / Susan Aronstein and Robert Torry -- 11. On the Border: Merging East and West in Cadfael's Twelfth-Century Shropshire / William F. Hodapp -- 12. Movie Millenarianism: Left Behind, Script/ure and the Sleeping Dragon / Christopher Powers -- Epilogue: Resisting Manichean Delirium / E. L. Risden.
- ISBN
- 9780786441563 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786441569 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2008055208
- 40016570276
- OCLC
- ocn277136412
- 277136412
- SCSB-5465297
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries