Eric S Christianson, Christopher Partridge

Holy Terror

Understanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

To what degree does violent rhetoric shape belief and values? How might we understand the social function of violence in popular discourses? What is the significance of violence being associated with particular religious groups or ideas in the media? This collection of essays arose from an international conference investigating those questions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 149mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9781845533595
• ISBN-10: 1845533593
• Artikelnr.: 29955287

Autorenporträt

Eric Christianson and Christopher Partridge, both University of Chester

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction, Eric Christianson and Christopher Partridge Part I In the
Discourse of Terrorism 1. Seeing Beyond Fear of Terrorism on the Web,
Jolyon Mitchell 2. Violent Superwomen: Super Heroes or Super Villains?
Judith, Wonder Woman and Lynndie England, Emma England Part II In Cinema
3. Biblical Epic and the American State: The Traitor and Sanctified
Violence inEsther and the King (1960), Jo Carruthers 4. Cease to Exist:
Manson Family Movies and Mysticism, Gerry Carlin and Mark Jones 5. The End
is...a Blockbuster: The Use and Abuse of the Apocalypse in Contemporary
film, John Walliss Part III A Case Study: The Violence of The Passion of
the Christ 7. Counterfictional Suffering: Authenticity and Artistry in The
Passion of the Christ,Steven Allen
8. Controlling Passions: The Regulation, Censorship and Classification of
the Violence in The Passion of the Christ within Britian, Shaun Kimber
9. The Passion as Media Spectacle, Oluyinka Esan 10. Protest as Reaction,
Reaction as Text: The (Con)Textual Logics of The Last Temptation of Christ
and The Passion of the Christ, Leighton Grist Part IV In Sport
11. The Religious Significance of Violence in Football, Rina Arya 12.
Cultivated Outrage: World Wrestling Entertainment and the Religious Excess
of Violence, Hugh S. Pyper