Representing Religion in World Cinema
Subtitle: Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making (Religion/Culture/Critique)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: November 29, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781403960504
Subjects: Films, cinema; Media studies; Religion: general; Religion in motion pictures; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Religion; Religious aspects; Film & Video - General; General; Popular Culture - General; Social Science / Popular Culture; Motion pictures; Culture in motion pictures
First sentence: Cecil B. DeMille's cynical adage, "God is box office," may be applied to Indian popular cinema, the output of the world's largest film industry, albeit with certain adjustments-one must pluralize and sometimes feminize the subject of the adage.