Peculiar Portrayals : Mormons on the Page, Stage and Screen / / edited by Mark T. Decker and Michael Austin
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Decker Mark T
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| Titolo: |
Peculiar Portrayals : Mormons on the Page, Stage and Screen / / edited by Mark T. Decker and Michael Austin
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| Pubblicazione: | Utah State University, University Libraries, 2010 |
| Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 2010 | |
| ©2010 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 700/.4382893 |
| Soggetto topico: | Latter Day Saints in mass media |
| Altri autori: |
AustinMichael <1966->
DeckerMark T
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 M |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Peculiar portrayals |
| ISBN: | 1-282-82224-1 |
| 9786612822247 | |
| 0-87421-774-1 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 996200082703316 |
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