Indigenous Helpers and Renegade Invaders: Ambivalent Characters in Biblical and Cinematic Conquest Narratives
This article compares the role of ambiguous character types in the national narratives of biblical Israel and modern America, two nations that ground their identities in myths of conquest. The types embody the tensions and ambivalence conquest myths generate by combining the invader/indigenous binar...
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The journal of religion and film
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-27 |
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National Mythology
B Nationalism B Avatar (computing) B Conquest B Dances with Wolves B America B Little Big Man B Westerns B Identity B Joshua B Ambiguity B Renegade |
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