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Theology and Wes Craven
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2023
Summary
Theology and Wes Craven explores the religious themes in the movies, television shows, and other works of the man who redefined the horror genre with such landmark and notorious films as The Last House on the Left (1972), The Hills Have Eyes (1977), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), The People Under the Stairs (1991), and Scream (1996). This volume provides a retrospective for his entire career, and then spotlights his most theologically intriguing works in chapters devoted to revealing Craven's narrative intent. This collection brings together established scholars and new emergent voices in academia, including feminist and LGBTQ+ perspectives, who explore Craven's vision in relation to contemporary political, social, and economic issues, especially as they related to children, visible minorities, the excluded, and the disenfranchised. This volume is sure to be appreciated both by academics and horror enthusiasts everywhere.
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Copyright year
2023
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-1470-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-1471-7
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
196
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Figures and Tables No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 4
Wes Craven No access Pages 5 - 26
Wes Craven’s “Noah’s Ark: The Journals of a Madman” No access Pages 27 - 44
Mary’s Body, Broken for Us No access Pages 45 - 62
Wes Craven’s Mockery of Purity Culture in The Fireworks Woman No access Pages 63 - 78
Freddy versus the Myth of Feminine Evil No access Pages 79 - 98
Thirteen Fragments about Zombies, Vodou, and Wes Craven’s The Serpent and the Rainbow No access Pages 99 - 108
The People Under the Stairs, Dominion Theology, and the Prosperity Gospel No access Pages 109 - 126
Laughing with Wes Craven No access Pages 127 - 144
Dark Myths No access Pages 145 - 162
Ancient Wisdom and Contemporary Filmography No access Pages 163 - 182
