03415nam 2200637Ia 450 991014081040332120200520144314.01-282-82224-197866128222470-87421-774-1(CKB)2670000000042019(EBL)713779(OCoLC)659561142(SSID)ssj0000425003(PQKBManifestationID)11322958(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425003(PQKBWorkID)10476817(PQKB)11030779(MdBmJHUP)muse9440(Au-PeEL)EBL3442814(CaPaEBR)ebr10409397(CaONFJC)MIL282224(Au-PeEL)EBL713779(MiAaPQ)EBC3442814(MiAaPQ)EBC713779(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/55885(EXLCZ)99267000000004201920100112d2010 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPeculiar portrayals Mormons on the page, stage, and screen /edited by Mark T. Decker and Michael Austin1st ed.Logan, Utah Utah State University Pressc20101 online resource (210 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-87421-773-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Center and periphery: Mormons and American culture in Tony Kushner's Angels in America / Cristine Hutchison-Jones -- Four consenting adults in the privacy of their own suburb: Big love and the cultural significance of Mormon polygamy / Michael Austin -- Teaching under the banner of heaven: testing the limits of tolerance in America / Kevin Kolkmeyer -- Avenging angels: the Nephi archetype and blood atonement in Neil Labute, Brian Evenson, and Levi Peterson, and the making of the Mormon American writer / J. Aaron Sanders -- Elders on the big screen: film and the globalized circulation of Mormon missionary images / John-Charles Duffy -- "I constructed in my mind a vast, panoramic picture": the miracle life of Edgar Mint and postmodern, postdenominational Mormonism / Mark T. Decker -- Jane Austen in Mollywood: mainstreaming Mormonism in Andrew Black's Pride & prejudice / Juliette Wells -- Reality corrupts, reality television corrupts absolutely / Karen D. 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 contributors examine specific works, including the Tony-winning play Angels in America, the hit TV series Big Love, and the bestselling books Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith and The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint. Others consider the phenomena of MMormons in mass mediaMormon ChurchMormons in mass media.Mormon Church.700/.4382893Decker Mark T801401Austin Michael1966-878953MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910140810403321Peculiar portrayals1962652UNINA