LEADER 03782nam 2200625 450 001 9910789152903321 005 20230803201648.0 010 $a0-292-75473-6 024 7 $a10.7560/754720 035 $a(CKB)3710000000081485 035 $a(EBL)3443716 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001084853 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11720207 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001084853 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11048745 035 $a(PQKB)10542271 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3443716 035 $a(OCoLC)867630703 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse34473 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3443716 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10823671 035 $a(DE-B1597)587319 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292754737 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000081485 100 $a20140118d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWicked cinema $esex and religion on screen /$fDaniel S. Cutrara 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAustin, Texas :$cUniversity of Texas Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-292-75472-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Sex and religion: at ground zero of the culture wars -- Faith: transgressing gender and the possibility of God -- The faithful: freedom and fanaticism -- Sacred servants: desiring the forbidden -- Transgressing divinity: gospels of envy -- The believer in bondage. 330 $aFrom struggles over identity politics in the 1990s to current concerns about a clash of civilizations between Islam and Christianity, culture wars play a prominent role in the twenty-first century. Movies help to define and drive these conflicts by both reflecting and shaping cultural norms, as well as showing what violates those norms. In this pathfinding book, Daniel S. Cutrara employs queer theory, cultural studies, theological studies, and film studies to investigate how cinema represents and often denigrates religion and religious believers?an issue that has received little attention in film studies, despite the fact that faith in its varied manifestations is at the heart of so many cultural conflicts today. Wicked Cinema examines films from the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, including Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Circle, Breaking the Waves, Closed Doors, Agnes of God, Priest, The Last Temptation of Christ, and Dogma. Central to all of the films is their protagonists? struggles with sexual transgression and traditional belief systems within Christianity, Judaism, or Islam?a struggle, Cutrara argues, that positions believers as the Other and magnifies the abuses of religion while ignoring its positive aspects. Uncovering a hazardous web of ideological assumptions informed by patriarchy, the spirit/flesh dichotomy, and heteronormativity, Cutrara demonstrates that ultimately these films emphasize the ?Otherness? of the faithful through a variety of strategies commonly used to denigrate the queer, from erasing their existence, to using feminization to make them appear weak, to presenting them as dangerous fanatics. 606 $aSex in motion pictures 606 $aReligion in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$xMoral and ethical aspects 615 0$aSex in motion pictures. 615 0$aReligion in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xMoral and ethical aspects. 676 $a175 700 $aCutrara$b Daniel S.$f1957-$01574366 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789152903321 996 $aWicked cinema$93850623 997 $aUNINA