Cargando…

Screening divinity /

Lisa Maurice examines screen portrayals of gods-- covering Greco-Roman mythology, the Judeo-Christian God and Jesus - from the beginning of cinema to the present day. Focussing on the golden age of the Hollywood epic in the fifties and the twenty-first century second wave of big screen productions,...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maurice, Lisa, 1968- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
Colección:Screening antiquity.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Screening Divinity
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • Series Editors' Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Screening Divinity: Introduction
  • 2 Anthropomorphism
  • 3 Physiology and the Physical Appearance of the Divine (1): The Patriarchal King Figure and the Devil
  • 4 Physiology and the Physical Appearance of the Divine (2): Screening the Olympian Males and Jesus
  • 5 Gendering the Divine (1): Greek Goddesses on Screen
  • 6 Gendering the Divine (2): Holy Female Figures in the Judaeo-Christian Film
  • 7 Human-Divine Interactions on Screen
  • 8 Blurring the Boundaries: Apotheoses and Deicides
  • Postscript: Some Closing Observations
  • Filmography
  • Bibliography
  • Index