The disappearing Christ : secularism in the silent era /

"At the turn of the twentieth century, American popular culture was booming with opportunities to see Jesus Christ. From the modernized eyewitness gospel of Ben-Hur to the widely circulated passion play films of Edison, Lumière, and Path ; from D.W. Griffith's conjuration of a spectral wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Maciak, Phillip (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2019]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > In motion pictures.
Jesus Christ
Silent films > History and criticism.
Films muets > Histoire et critique.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Motion pictures
Silent films
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Disappearing Christ and Other Stories; 1. A Rare and Wonderful Sight: Ben-Hur's Historicism; 2. Looking Sideways: Media Theories of Jesus Christ; 3. Tricks and Actualities: The Passion Play Film and the Cinema of Attractions; 4. The Double Life of Superimposition: W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Christ Cycle; Coda: Resurrectionists: Toward a Post-Cinematic Postsecular; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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