Holy Terror: Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: In the Discourse of Terrorism -- Chapter 1 Seeing Beyond Fear of Terrorism on the Web -- Chapter 2 Violent Superwomen: Super Heroes or Super Villains? Judith, Wonder Woman and Lynndie England -- Part Two: In Cinema --...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sheffield
Taylor and Francis
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Violent behavior
/ Popular culture
B Violence (Motif) / Religion / Film |
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Collection of essays
B Electronic books |
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Print version: Christianson, Eric S: Holy Terror : Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture. - Sheffield : Taylor and Francis,c2016 |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One: In the Discourse of Terrorism -- Chapter 1 Seeing Beyond Fear of Terrorism on the Web -- Chapter 2 Violent Superwomen: Super Heroes or Super Villains? Judith, Wonder Woman and Lynndie England -- Part Two: In Cinema -- Chapter 3 Biblical Epic and the American State: The Traitor and Sanctified Violence in Esther and the King (1960) -- Chapter 4 Cease to Exist: Manson Family Movies and Mysticism -- Chapter 5 The End is…a Blockbuster: The Use and Abuse of the Apocalypse in Contemporary Film Part Three: A Case Study: The Violence of The Passion of the Christ -- Chapter 6 Counterfictional Suffering: Authenticity and Artistry in The Passion of the Christ -- Chapter 7 Controlling Passions: The Regulation, Censorship and Classification of the Violence in The Passion of the Christ within Britain -- Chapter 8 The Passion as Media Spectacle -- Chapter 9 Protest as Reaction, Reaction as Text: The (Con)Textual Logics of The Last Temptation of Christ and The Passion of the Christ -- Part Four: In Sport -- Chapter 10 The Religious Significance of Violence in Football Chapter 11 Cultivated Outrage: World Wrestling Entertainment and the Religious Excess of Violence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| ISBN: | 1845533607 |