Alien sex : the body and desire in cinema and theology
Gerard Loughlin
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : Blackwell , 2004
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| Omfang | XXX, 306 s. : ill.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - CONTENTS; List of Figures; In the Lobby; Part I Introduction; 1 Desiring Bodies; Part II Cavities; 2 Seeing in the Dark; 3 Visionary Screens; Part III Copulations; 4 Alien Sex; 5 God's Sex; 6 Sex Slaves; 7 Want of Family; Part IV Consolations; 8 The Man Who Fell to Earth; 9 The Garden; Index. - Gerard Loughlin is one of the leading theologians working at the interface between religion and contemporary culture. In this exceptional work, he uses cinema and the films it shows to think about the church and the visions of desire it displays. Discusses various films, including the Alien quartet, Christopher Nolan's Memento, Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and A Clockwork Orange, Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth and Derek Jarman's The Garden. Draws on a wide range of authors, both ancient and modern, religious and secular, from Plato to Levinas, from
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| Emner | Body, Human.
Human body. Motion pictures. Religious aspects. Vis mer... Sex in motion pictures.
Sex. Christianity Philosophy & Religion Religion menneskekroppen seksualitet film teologi kristendom |
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| ISBN | 0631211799. - 0631211802
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