Screening Divinity / / Lisa Maurice.
Examines screen portrayals of the gods of classical mythology and biblical deities Investigates a single issue over a range of genres in cinema and television from fantasy movies to biopics to Bible storiesConsiders the gods of Greek and Roman mythology alongside the biblical God of the Judeo-Christ...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Screening Antiquity : SCAN
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (240 p.) :; 18 B/W illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Series Editors’ Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Screening Divinity: Introduction
- 2 Anthropomorphism
- 3 Physiology and the Physical Appearance of the Divine (1): The Patriarchal King Figure and the Devil
- 4 Physiology and the Physical Appearance of the Divine (2): Screening the Olympian Males and Jesus
- 5 Gendering the Divine (1): Greek Goddesses on Screen
- 6 Gendering the Divine (2): Holy Female Figures in the Judaeo-Christian Film
- 7 Human–Divine Interactions on Screen
- 8 Blurring the Boundaries: Apotheoses and Deicides
- Postscript: Some Closing Observations
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Index