Peculiar portrayals : : Mormons on the page, stage, and screen / / edited by Mark T. Decker and Michael Austin.

In a time when Mormons appear to have larger roles in everything from political conflict to television shows and when Mormon-related topics seem to show up more frequently in the news, eight scholars take a close look at Mormonism in popular media: film, television, theater, and books. Some contribu...

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Year of Publication:2010
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (210 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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