Imaging Religion in Film
Author | : M. Gail Hamner |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 2012-01-25 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781137013248 |
ISBN-13 | : 1137013249 |
Rating | : 4/5 (48 Downloads) |
Download or read book Imaging Religion in Film written by M. Gail Hamner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new methodology for examining the ethico-political dimensions of religion and film which foregrounds film's social power both to shape subjectivity and to image contemporary social contradictions and analyses three specific films: Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala ; Kiarostami's Taste of Cherry ; and the Coens' The Man Who Wasn't There .