The challenge of the silver screen an analysis of the cinematic portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad /
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2009.
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| Series: | Studies in religion and the arts ;
v. 1. |
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Table of Contents:
- Jesus. A short history
- Analysis
- Historical background
- Many images, one Jesus
- Rama. The films
- Historical background
- The importance of seeing in Hinduism
- The modern Ramayana Kathas
- Buddha. The films
- Historical background
- Resistance to depicting Buddha in film
- Thanks to the Hindus and the Westerners
- Muhammad. The film itself
- The film's relationship to the Muslim tradition
- Conclusions
- Jesus restyled. The Indian Jesus films
- The South African Jesus film
- The Jesus film of the African-American Christians
- Siding with powerless and victims of discrimination
- Some conclusions. Between tradition and creativity : the importance of the audience
- Film, narration modes and subjectivity
- The positions of the actors playing the sacred figures
- The sacred environment
- Outside the cultural context of the religions
- Between the void, images and films : again a key position for the audience.