Screening The Sacred
Conrad E. Ostwalt Jr., Joel Martin
ISBN: | 9780813346489 |
Publisher: | Westview Press |
Published: | 30 March, 1995 |
Format: | ePub |
Screening The Sacred
Conrad E. Ostwalt Jr., Joel Martin
What are the religious impulses in the 1976 film Rocky, and how can they work to shape one's social identity? Do the films Alien and Aliens signify the reemergence of the earth goddess as a vital cultural power? What female archetypes, borne out of male desire, inform the experience of women in Nine and a Half Weeks?These are among the several compelling questions the authors of this volume consider as they explore the way popular American film relates to religion. Oddly, religion and film-two p
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