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1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations |
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Center and periphery: Mormons and American culture in Tony Kushner's Angels in America / Cristine Hutchison-Jones -- Four consenting adults in the privacy of their own suburb: Big love and the cultural significance of Mormon polygamy / Michael Austin -- Teaching under the banner of heaven: testing the limits of tolerance in America / Kevin Kolkmeyer -- Avenging angels: the Nephi archetype and blood atonement in Neil LaBute, Brian Evenson, and Levi Peterson, and the making of the Mormon American writer / J. Aaron Sanders -- Elders on the big screen: film and the globalized circulation of Mormon missionary images / John-Charles Duffy -- "I constructed in my mind a vast, panoramic picture": the miracle life of Edgar Mint and postmodern, postdenominational Mormonism / Mark T. Decker -- Jane Austen in Mollywood: mainstreaming Mormonism in Andrew Black's Pride & prejudice / Juliette Wells -- Reality corrupts, reality television corrupts absolutely / Karen D. Austin |
| Summary |
"In a time when Mormons appear to have larger roles in everything from political conflict to television shows and when Mormon-related topics seem to show up more frequently in the news, eight scholars take a close look at Mormonism in popular media: film, television, theater, and books. Some authors examine specific works, including the Tony-winning play Angels in America, the hit TV series Big Love, and the bestselling books Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith and The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint. Others consider the phenomena of Mormon cinema and Mormon fiction; the use of the Mormon missionary as a stock character in films; and the noticeably prominent presence of Mormons in reality television shows."--Publisher's description |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Latter Day Saints in mass media
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ART -- Reference.
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ART -- Performance.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- General.
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Mormons in mass media
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Decker, Mark T.
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Austin, Michael, 1966-
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| ISBN |
9780874217742 |
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0874217741 |
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0874217733 |
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9780874217735 |
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9786612822247 |
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6612822244 |
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