Publication

2017-09-05 - Columbia University Press

Language

English

Word Count

56,000 words, Guess

Page Count

224 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100231176759
  • ISBN-139780231176750
  • Library of Congress Control Number2017002049
  • OCLC Control Number984149312
  • Better World Books9780231176750
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCPN1995.5.P53 2017
  • LCCPN1995.5 .P53 2017

Description

"Religion and Film introduces readers to both religious studies and film studies by focusing on the formal similarities between cinema and religious practices and on the ways they each re-create the world. Explorations of film show how the cinematic experience relies on similar aesthetic devices on which religious rituals have long relied: sight, sound, the taste of food, the body, and communal experience. Meanwhile, a deeper understanding of the aesthetic nature of religious rituals can alter our understanding of film production. Utilizing terminology and theoretical insights from the study of religion as well as the study of film, Religion and Film shows that by paying attention to the ways films are constructed, we can shed new light on the ways religious myths and rituals are constructed and vice versa." -- From the cover.

Subjects

Other Editions

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