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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Main Author: Christianson, Eric S. (Author)
Contributors: Partridge, Christopher (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Sheffield Taylor and Francis 2016
In:Year: 2016
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Violent behavior / Popular culture
B Violence (Motif) / Religion / Film
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Print version: Christianson, Eric S: Holy Terror : Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture. - Sheffield : Taylor and Francis,c2016
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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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ISBN:1845533607