The Disappearing Christ : : Secularism in the Silent Era / / Phil Maciak.
At the turn of the twentieth century, American popular culture was booming with opportunities to see Jesus Christ. From the modernized eyewitness gospel of Ben-Hur to the widely circulated passion play films of Edison, Lumière, and Pathé; from D. W. Griffith's conjuration of a spectral white sa...
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| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction. The Disappearing Christ and Other Stories
- The Historical Jesus in Broad Daylight
- Unseen Somethings: American Studies and Postsecular Critique
- Things Normally Unseen: Film Studies and Postsecular Critique
- Outline of the Book
- 1. A Rare and Wonderful Sight: Ben-Hur's Historicism
- 2. Looking Sideways: Media Theories of Jesus Christ
- 3. Tricks and Actualities: The Passion Play Film and the Cinema of Attractions
- 4. The Double Life of Superimposition: W.E.B. Du Bois's Black Christ Cycle
- Coda. Resurrectionists: Toward a Post-Cinematic Postsecular
- The Resurrection is in Technicolor: Cecil B. DeMille
- The Resurrection is CGI: Mel Gibson
- Post-Cinematic/Postsecular
- The Resurrection is Straight to Video: Abbas Kiarostami
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index