Seeing and believing : religion and values in the movies / Margaret R. Miles.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Beacon Press, c1996.Description: xvi, 254 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0807010308
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 791.43 20 M595se
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.R4 M56 1996
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 the movies.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 791.43 M595se (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS000875222

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-238) and index.

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 the movies.

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