Imaging Religion in Film

Imaging Religion in Film
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 311
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ISBN-10 : 9781137013248
ISBN-13 : 1137013249
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Book Synopsis Imaging Religion in Film by : M. Gail Hamner

Download or read book Imaging Religion in Film written by M. Gail Hamner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new methodology for examining the ethico-political dimensions of religion and film which foregrounds film's social power both to shape subjectivity and to image contemporary social contradictions and analyses three specific films: Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala ; Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry ; and the Coens' The Man Who Wasn't There .


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