Ancient Egyptian Religion on the Silver Screen: Modern Anxieties about Race, Ethnicity, and Religion

This essay examines the depiction of religion, race, and ethnicity in four films: The Mummy, Stargate, The Ten Commandments, and Prince of Egypt. Each film - explicitly or implicitly, deliberately or not - uses ancient Egyptian religion as a foil to dramatize American concerns about race and ethnici...

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Main Author: Schroeder, Caroline T. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2003
In: The journal of religion and film
Year: 2003, Volume: 7, Issue: 2
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