A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson
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A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson

  1. 267 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson

About this book

The twelve essays in A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson offer various interpretations of Mel Gibson's work, treating this prolific but controversial figure not only as a filmmaker but as a historian, religious thinker, and social philosopher. From The Man Without a Face and Braveheart to The Passion of the Christ, Apocalypto, and Hacksaw Ridge, this interdisciplinary collection mines Gibson's life and oeuvre for insight into existential problems, Aristotelian virtues, the politics of film, interreligious dialogue, adaptation issues, and much more.

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Yes, you can access A Critical Companion to Mel Gibson by Adam Barkman,Antonio Sanna in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Mezzi di comunicazione e arti performative & Film e video. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. The Religious Thinker
  5. Faith, Female Sacrifice, and the Medieval Martyr in Mel Gibson’s Braveheart
  6. A Challenge to Jewish-Christian Relations
  7. What Apocalypto Reveals
  8. The Power of The Passion
  9. The Social Philosopher
  10. Mel Gibson’s Visceral Vision
  11. The Aretē of War
  12. It’s a Real, Real, Real Man’s World
  13. The Filmmaker and Historian
  14. A Falling Comedy Star
  15. Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto
  16. Film Adaptation, Depoliticization, and The Man Without a Face
  17. Apocalypto and the Ancient Maya
  18. Mel Gibson’s Unarmed War
  19. Index
  20. About the Contributors