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Biblical glamour and Hollywood glitz / editor : Alice Bach.

Contributor(s): Bach, Alice
Material type: TextTextSeries: Semeia : an experimental journal for biblical criticism: 74.Publisher: Atlanta, GA : Scholars Press, [1996]Copyright date: ©1996Description: 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeSubject(s): Motion pictures -- Religious aspects -- Christianity | Bible films -- History and criticism | Women in motion picturesBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and filmography.
Contents:
Introduction : "Throw them to the lions, Sire" : transforming Biblical narratives into Hollywood spectaculars / Alice Bach -- Moses goes down to Hollywood : miracles and special effects / Ilana Pardes -- Fast forwarding to the Magdalene / Jane Schaberg -- Bathsheba plotted, shot, and painted / J. Cheryl Exum -- Bathsheba goes bathing in Hollywood : words, images, and social locations / David M. Gunn -- Calling the shots : directing Salome's dance of death / Alice Bach -- The mistress of the gaze : masculinity, slavery, and representation / Jennifer Glancy --
For rent, "Cabin in the Sky" : race, religion and representational quagmires in American film / Judith Weisenfeld -- How the West was not one : Delilah deconstructs the western / Jennifer L. Koosed and Tod Linafelt -- "Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore" : from historical criticism to film theory / Kathhleen S. Nash -- Putting flesh on the bones of God : enacting sacred texts / Virtoria Rue.

Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

Introduction : "Throw them to the lions, Sire" : transforming Biblical narratives into Hollywood spectaculars / Alice Bach -- Moses goes down to Hollywood : miracles and special effects / Ilana Pardes -- Fast forwarding to the Magdalene / Jane Schaberg -- Bathsheba plotted, shot, and painted / J. Cheryl Exum -- Bathsheba goes bathing in Hollywood : words, images, and social locations / David M. Gunn -- Calling the shots : directing Salome's dance of death / Alice Bach -- The mistress of the gaze : masculinity, slavery, and representation / Jennifer Glancy --

For rent, "Cabin in the Sky" : race, religion and representational quagmires in American film / Judith Weisenfeld -- How the West was not one : Delilah deconstructs the western / Jennifer L. Koosed and Tod Linafelt -- "Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore" : from historical criticism to film theory / Kathhleen S. Nash -- Putting flesh on the bones of God : enacting sacred texts / Virtoria Rue.

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