Erika Engstrom, Joseph M. Valenzano III

Television, Religion, and Supernatural (eBook, ePUB)

Hunting Monsters, Finding Gods

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Television, Religion, and Supernatural examines the text of the CW network television series Supernatural, a program based in the horror genre that offers viewers myriad religious-based antagonists through the portrayals of monsters, which its two main characters "hunt" and destroy, as well as storylines based on the Bible. Even as the series' producers claim a nonreligious perspective, the authors contend that story arcs and outcomes of episodes actually forward a hegemonic portrayal of Christianity that portrays a good-versus-evil motif regarding the superiority of Catholicism. The depiction of its protagonist brothers, Dean and Sam Winchester of Lawrence, Kansas, provides a pro-American perspective regarding a more generalized fight against evil in contemporary times.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780739184769
• Artikelnr.: 40615818

Autorenporträt

By Erika Engstrom and Joseph M. Valenzano III

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Chapter One: Introduction-Religion, Mass Media, and Supernatural
Chapter Two: Plurality of Religion Chapter Three: Hegemony of Religion
Chapter Four: Horsemen and Homilies Chapter Five: A Divinely Ordained Civil
Religion Chapter Six: Conclusion References