Real or Not Real: The Hunger Games as Transmediated Religion
Transmedia is a powerful mode of mediated storytelling. Resembling the mythic imaginaries of Jewish mysticism and Christian Gnosticism, transmedia encourages fans to perform their desire for wholeness and ultimate reality. The Hunger Games franchise does religious work of shaping desire for wholenes...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2013]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2013, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 372-387 |
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The Hunger Games
B transmedia B Religion B Ritual B fan culture B world-building B Reality television |
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