Faithful Citizen

Popular Christian Media and Gendered Civic Identities

AvKristy Maddux

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

Del i serien Studies in Rhetoric & Religion

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Beskrivning

For decades, American popular media have instructed audiences about their roles and significance in the public sphere. In The Faithful Citizen, rhetorical critic Kristy Maddux argues that popular Christian media not only communicate avenues for civic engagement but do so in profoundly gendered terms. Her detailed interrogation of popular Christian movies, books, and television shows - the Left Behind series, Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, Amazing Grace, 7th Heaven, and the blockbuster The Da Vinci Code - exposes five competing models of how Christians should behave in the civic sphere as their gendered selves. What emerges is a typology that insightfully reveals how these varying faith-based models of engagement uniquely shape public discourse and influence the larger picture of contemporary politics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-09-30
Mått:154 x 227 x 19 mm
Vikt:435 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Studies in Rhetoric & Religion
Antal sidor:285
Förlag:Baylor University Press
ISBN:9781602582538

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Kristy Maddux is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Maryland. Her work has been published by many journals, including Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Critical Studies in Media Communication, Philosophy & Rhetoric, Feminist Media Studies, and Women's Studies in Communication. She lives in the greater Washington, D.C., area.

Recensioner i media

[Maddux] presents an interesting reading of contemporary culture and offers a methodology for a more careful consideration of the interaction between media and religion. -- Paul A. Soukup, Santa Clara University -- Communication Research Trends

Innehållsförteckning

Preface1. Christian Media, Gender, and Civic Participation2. Genteel Masculinity, the Prophetic Posture, and Legislative PoliticsAmazing Grace3. Violence, Divine Sanction, and Submissive FemininityThe Passion of the Christ4. Brutish Masculinity and the War against EvilLeft Behind5. Femininity and Secular Salvation in Social Welfare7th Heaven6. Biology, Heterosexuality, and the Privatization of FaithfulnessThe Da Vinci Code7. The Limits and Possibilities of Faith-Based Civic ParticipationReferencesNotesIndex