The Postmodern Sacred by Emily Mcavan

The Postmodern Sacred by Emily Mcavan

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From The Matrix and Harry Potter to Stargate SG:1 and The X-Files, recent science fiction and fantasy offerings both reflect and produce a sense of the religious. This thoughtful volume examines this pop-culture spirituality, or 'postmodern sacred', showing how consumers use the symbols contained in explicitly ""unreal"" texts to gain a second-hand experience of transcendence and belief.

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The Postmodern Sacred by Emily Mcavan

From The Matrix and Harry Potter to Stargate SG:1 and The X-Files, recent science fiction and fantasy offerings both reflect and produce a sense of the religious. This thoughtful volume examines this pop-culture spirituality, or 'postmodern sacred', showing how consumers use the symbols contained in explicitly unreal texts to gain a second-hand experience of transcendence and belief.
“Recommended”—Midwest Book Review; “well researched”—Science Fiction Studies
Emily McAvan teaches cultural, media and gender studies at Murdoch University and Curtin University, both in Perth, Australia. Her work on religion and culture has appeared in print in The Journal of Literature & Theology, The Bible and Critical Theory, and The Journal of Postcolonial Writing.
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ISBN 13 9780786463886
ISBN 10 0786463880
Titel The Postmodern Sacred
Autor Emily Mcavan
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag McFarland & Co Inc
Erscheinungsjahr 2012-10-25
Seitenanzahl 194
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