"Even a Man Who is Pure in Heart": Filmic Horror, Popular Religion and the Spectral Underside of History
The popular sectors of society have often been represented as embodying a monstrous curse that promotes passivity with respect to dominant ideological structures. This paper will examine filmic horror and popular religion as perceived locations of ideological manipulation among the subaltern sectors...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2005]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Year: 2005, Volume: 10, Issue: 1 |
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| Summary: | The popular sectors of society have often been represented as embodying a monstrous curse that promotes passivity with respect to dominant ideological structures. This paper will examine filmic horror and popular religion as perceived locations of ideological manipulation among the subaltern sectors of society. This perceived manipulation has generated moral panics and collective fears about the possibility of people turning into hideous creatures who wreak havoc on themselves and others. Through a critical appraisal of the 1941 horror movie The Wolf Man, this paper will utilize the theme of lycanthropy as a starting-point for probing the "low-end" traditions of popular religion and filmic horror within the writings of theologians, scholars and critics who fear that they promote alienation and re-inscribe hegemony. But is the curse of hegemony as totalizing as it is often described? |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.10.1.004 |