TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lyden,John
TI  - Film as religion: myths, morals, and rituals 
SN  - 9781479802074
AV  - PN1995.5 .L89 2019
U1  - 791.43/682 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Cinéma
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Aspect moral
KW  - fast
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-291) and indexes; Part I:Method for viewing film as religion --; Definition of religion --; Myths about myth --; Rituals and morals --; Religion-film dialogue as interreligious dialogue --; Intermission: thoughts on genre and audiences --; Part II; Genre and film analyses; Westerns and action and superhero films --; Gangster films --; Melodrama and "women's films" --; Romantic comedies --; Children's fantasy films --; Science-fiction films --; Horror films --; War films
N2  - The first edition of Film as Religion was one of the first texts to develop a framework for the analysis of the religious function of films for audiences. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and the values to confront it. Lyden argues that the cultural influence of films is analogous to that of religions, so that films can be understood as representing a "religious" worldview in their own right. Thoroughly updating his examples, Lyden examines a range of film genres and individual films, from The Godfather to The Hunger Games to Frozen, to show how film can function religiously
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