附註:Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 without 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 movies.
摘要:Explores what popular films of the 1980s and 1990s say about religion and the values by which we live.
