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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Main Author: Hawk, L. Daniel 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2016
In: The journal of religion and film
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-27
Further subjects:B 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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