Film as religion : myths, morals, and rituals /
Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003. Film as Religion argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and values to confront it. Lyden contends that approaches which interpret films on...
| Основен автор: | Lyden, John, 1959- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
New York University Press,
℗♭2003.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=124889 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Film as religion. |
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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003. Film as Religion argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and values to confront it. Lyden contends that approaches which interpret films only ideologically or theologically miss the mark in understanding their appeal to viewers. He develops an alternative method which shows how films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right. Lyden surveys the state of the study of religion and film, offering an overv. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (viii, 289 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
1417568593 9781417568598 1429414294 9781429414296 9780814752869 0814752861 |