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The challenge of the silver screen (Record no. 99075)

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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 791.43/651
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Bakker, Freek L.,
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The challenge of the silver screen
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Leiden ;
-- Boston :
Name of publisher Brill,
Year of publication 2009.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages vi, 282 p.
490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Studies in religion and the arts,
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Religion in motion pictures.
Topical Term Religious leaders in motion pictures.
Topical Term Gods in motion pictures.
Topical Term Religious films
Topical Term Motion pictures
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10372624

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