Author

Publication

2019 - New York University Press

Language

English

Word Count

80,000 words, Guess

Page Count

320 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781479811991
  • ISBN-101479811998
  • Better World Books9781479811991
  • Open LibraryOL28728980M

Classifications

  • LCCPN1995.5.L89 2019

Description

The first edition of Film as Religion was one of the first texts to develop a framework for the analysis of the religious function of films for audiences. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and the values to confront it. Lyden argues that the cultural influence of films is analogous to that of religions, so that films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right.Thoroughly updating his examples, Lyden examines a range of film genres and individual films, from The Godfather to The Hunger Games to Frozen, to show how film can function religiously.

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Other Editions

  • Film As Religion, 2nd Edition: Myths, Morals, and RitualsNew York University Press2019-01-01

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