{"product_id":"wicked-cinema-daniel-s-cutrara-9781477307533","title":"Wicked Cinema: Sex and Religion on Screen","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom struggles over identity politics in the 1990s to current concerns about a clash of civilizations between Islam and Christianity, culture wars play a prominent role in the twenty-first century. Movies help to define and drive these conflicts by both reflecting and shaping cultural norms, as well as showing what violates those norms. In this pathfinding book, Daniel S. Cutrara employs queer theory, cultural studies, theological studies, and film studies to investigate how cinema represents and often denigrates religion and religious believers-an issue that has received little attention in film studies, despite the fact that faith in its varied manifestations is at the heart of so many cultural conflicts today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWicked Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e examines films from the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, including \u003ci\u003eCrimes and Misdemeanors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Circle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreaking the Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eClosed Doors\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgnes of God\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePriest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Temptation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDogma\u003c\/i\u003e. Central to all of the films is their protagonists' struggles with sexual transgression and traditional belief systems within Christianity, Judaism, or Islam-a struggle, Cutrara argues, that positions believers as the Other and magnifies the abuses of religion while ignoring its positive aspects. Uncovering a hazardous web of ideological assumptions informed by patriarchy, the spirit\/flesh dichotomy, and heteronormativity, Cutrara demonstrates that ultimately these films emphasize the \"Otherness\" of the faithful through a variety of strategies commonly used to denigrate the queer, from erasing their existence, to using feminization to make them appear weak, to presenting them as dangerous fanatics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel S. Cutrara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1477307532\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781477307533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Texas Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d","brand":"Daniel S. Cutrara","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906779238655,"sku":"9781477307533","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3ed9f76f-f64f-4fe0-9609-46252245ae4c.jpg?v=1748771396","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wicked-cinema-daniel-s-cutrara-9781477307533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}