Representing Religion in World Cinema: Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making

Bys: Plate, S. Brent and Plate, S. B.

Book Overview

Religious traditions have provided a seemingly endless supply of subject matter for film, from the Ten Commandments to the Mahabharata . At the same time, film production has engendered new religious practices and has altered existing ones, from the cult following of The Rocky Horror Picture Show to the 2001 Australian census in which 70,000 people indicated their religion to be 'Jedi Knight'. Representing Religion in World Cinema begins with these...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403960518
• ISBN13: 9781403960511
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"