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Douglas E. Cowan

Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes

How Myth and Religion Shape Fantasy Culture

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Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes looks at fantasy film, television, and participative culture as evidence of our ongoing need for a mythic vision-for stories larger than ourselves into which we write ourselves and through which we can become the heroes of our own story. Why do we tell and retell the same stories over and over when we know they can't possibly be true? Contrary to popular belief, it's not because pop culture has run out of good ideas. Rather, it is precisely because these stories are so fantastic, some resonating so deeply that we elevate them to the status of religion. Illuminating everything from Buffy the Vampire Sla… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-520-96727-4
  • EAN: 9780520967274
  • Produktnummer: 29080377
  • Verlag: University of California Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
  • Seitenangabe: 240 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 5'112 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor


Douglas E. Cowan is Professor of Religious Studies and Social Development Studies at Renison University College. He is the author of Sacred Terror: Religion and Horror on the Silver Screen, Sacred Space: The Quest for Transcendence in Science Fiction Film and Television, and, most recently, America's Dark Theologian: The Religious Imagination of Stephen King.

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