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UNINA9910784819603321 |
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Titolo |
Catholics in the movies [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Colleen McDannell |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-16323-6 |
9786611163235 |
0-19-804184-5 |
1-4356-1787-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (377 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Catholics in motion pictures |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Why the movies? why religion? / Colleen McDannell -- The silent social problem film : regeneration (1915) / Judith Weisenfeld -- Boys to men : Angels with dirty faces (1938) / Thomas J. Ferraro -- Jews and Catholics converge : the song of Bernadette (1943) / Paula M. Kane -- America's favorite priest : Going my way (1944) / Anthony Burke Smith -- God and guns : Seven cities of gold (1955) / Theresa Saunders -- Life on the frontier : Lilies of the field (1963) / Jeffrey Marlett -- Praying for stones like this : The Godfather trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990) / Carlo Rotella -- Catholic horror :The exorcist (1973) / Colleen McDannell -- Cops, priests, and the decline of Irish America : True confessions (1981) / Timothy J. Meagher -- Worldly Madonna : entertaining angels : the Dorothy Day story (1996) / Tracy Fessenden -- Border saints : Santitos (1997) / Darryl V. Caterine -- Catholicism wow! : Dogma (1999) / Amy Frykholm -- Votive offering : The Passion of the Christ (2004) / Colleen McDannell. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Catholicism was all over movie screens in 2004. Mel Gibsons The Passion of the Christ was at the center of a media firestorm for months. A priest was a crucial character in the Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby. Everyone, it seemed, was talking about how religious stories should be represented, marketed, and received. Catholic |
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