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Profane parables : film and the American dream /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rindge, Matthew S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Waco, Texas : Baylor University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Motion pictures > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Motion pictures > United States.
American Dream > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Fight club (Motion picture)
American beauty (Motion picture)
About Schmidt (Motion picture)
Table of Contents:
  • The American dream
  • The sacred ethos of American religion
  • Fight club
  • Lamenting God's abandonment and the American dream
  • American beauty
  • Death as divine beauty
  • About Schmidt
  • An American rich fool
  • Films as parables of disorientation
  • Conclusion.