The Monstrous Other and the Biblical Narrative of Ruth
Guillermo Del Toro’s The Shape of Water (2017) restages the biblical narrative of Ruth in Cold War America, crystallizing the parallel through setting numerous scenes at a local cinema that is playing The Story of Ruth (1960). The book of Ruth tells the tale of how a non-Israelite outsider could be...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| In: |
The journal of religion and film
Year: 2020, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-22 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ruth
/ Filming
/ The Shape of water
/ USA
/ East-West conflict
/ The Other
/ Outsider
/ Theology
/ Power
/ Liberation theology
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| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CG Christianity and Politics HB Old Testament KBQ North America ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
| Further subjects: | B
Ruth
B Liberation Theology B Foreigner B el toro, the shape of water B Otherness B Christian |
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