Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth, and Ideology in Popular American Film by Conrad Ostwalt, Joel W. Martin

Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth, and Ideology in Popular American Film

Conrad Ostwalt, Joel W. Martin

208 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 o...

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