Catholic Residue: The Aesthetic Legacy of The Exorcist

What kinds of religious affects stick to the material (after)lives of a film like The Exorcist? In this essay, I argue that the film reveals the techne—the craft, skill, and orchestration of seeing and feeling—that manifests in Catholic art and how it gets translated into American visual culture to...

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Autor principal: Pasqua, Christina (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado: 2025
En: The journal of gods and monsters
Año: 2025, Volumen: 5, Número: 1, Páginas: 14-25
Otras palabras clave:B Aesthetic
B Material Religion
B Película
B Horror
B Catholic Imagination
B Affect
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