Bring a cultural-studies toolkit to bear on the world's most interpreted text The study of the Bible has adapted to the full range of analytical tools available to theologians, scholars, and researchers of every stripe. The marriage between cultural studies and Biblical studies has been especially fruitful, increasingly producing rich and provocative engagements with Biblical texts and contexts. Students of the Bible stand to profit significantly from a volume which illustrates the value of cultural studies approaches by putting these theories into practice. American Standard meets the needs of these students with a series of lively essays working through cultural-studies readings of specific Biblical texts. Drawing connections between the Bible and its modern settings, American popular culture, and more, it balances theory with direct close reading to provide an accessible introduction to the vast and varied landscape of cultural studies. American Standard readers will also find: An invaluable literature review of core cultural studies textsDetailed analyses incorporating fantasy gaming, the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, American diet culture, and moreAn author with an extensive teaching and publishing history in cultural and Biblical studies American Standard is ideal for advanced undergraduate or seminary students taking courses in biblical interpretation, American religion, critical theory, or any related subjects.
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Acknowledgments x 1 A General Introduction to Cultural Studies and Cultural Studies Approaches to the Bible 1 Spreading the Word: The Bible’s Viral Encounter with US Pop Culture 1 Old School: Birmingham, Marxism, and Late Capitalism 4 It’s in the Mix: Cultural Studies as Intertextuality 12 Assembling the Pieces: Reception, Deleuzian Machines, Affect 17 The Plan of This Book 19 Part I From CCCS to Late Capitalism 31 2 Reading Readers: Modern Evangelicalism’s Material (Biblical) Renaissance 33 The Bible in Late Capitalism 34 The Bible, New and Improved 39 A Self- Evident Book: The Bible and Nineteenth- Century United States 41 The Rise of the “Value- Added” Bible: The American Bible in the Age of Modernism 45 The American Bible in Late Capitalism 48 Are Bibles Read or Just Looked at? 51 Our Bibles, Ourselves 53 3 Graphic Bibles: The Word Becomes (Affecting) Image 57 Graphic Bibles 58 Robert Crumb on Genesis 60 “Translation” of Word into Image 64 The Reticence of Biblical Image 66 Conclusion 67 4 “Eat This Book”: The Bible and the American Diet 72 The Bible and Cultural Studies 72 Defining “Culture” and the “Culture of Everyday Life” 75 The Biblical Scholarship on/and the American Diet 79 Biblical Eating 81 The Bible, Pop Culture, Food, and Consumption 86 Part II The Intertextual Bible 93 5 The Ketuvim in the Coenim: Bible and Apocalyptic in the Films of Joel and Ethan Coen 95 What’s in Your Bible? 96 The Coenim 98 Barton Fink (1991) 99 Ladykillers (2004) 103 Jews, and Jewish Bibles, in Hollywood 106 (Re)reading the Coen Bible 108 6 “Do Not Forsake Me”: Biblical Motifs in Zinnemann’s High Noon 112 First Verse (Précis) 112 Second Verse 118 Bridge 121 Refrain 124 7 God’s Dice: The Bible in/and Sci-Fi and Fantasy Gaming 128 Dungeons & Dragons and the Birth of a Genre 130 The Lore of the God- Emperor: Warhammer 40k’s Narrative Frame 132 The Devil in the Details: Satan and the Cosmic War Motif in W40k and D&D 134 The “Satanic Panic” and the Dissonance Between D&D and Some US Religious Circles 137 The “Origins of Satan” and the Bible as Fantasy Literature 139 Playing (with) the Devil 145 Part III Affective Machines: Deleuze, Cultural Studies, and the Next Wave 151 8 Mysteries of the Bible Documentary: The Bible in Popular Nonfiction Documentary Film 153 Truth and Representation 154 Modes and Methods of Documentary 156 A (Very Brief) Introduction and Review of Bible Documentary 158 Mysteries of the Bible 159 From Jesus to Christ 160 Testimony of the Ark 162 On the Filming of Documentaries, There Is No End 163 9 “I (Want to) Believe, Lord; Help Me in My Unbelief”: Revelation, Raëleans, Mayans, and North American Pop Eschatology 167 The Beginning of the End 168 What the Bible Raëlly Says 169 Discerning the Bak’tun 172 Converging Sight Lines 175 On Conspiracies of Affect(s) and Apocalyptics 178 Apocalypse: John’s Vision of the (Sometimes Scary) Real World 181 Horror Movies: 28 Days Later...and the Revelation of Rage 182 Conspiracy 185 10 Bespoke Words: The Bible, Fashion, and the Mechanism(s) of Things 190 Theoretically Naked 190 Boxers and Socks 192 Shirt and Trousers 193 Shoes 195 Jacket 196 Tie 197 Glasses 198 Conclusion: 2020 Visions: Why the Bible and Popular Culture Matter 203 Index 214 Index of Biblical Citations 219
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ISBN
9781118361566
Publisert
2024-04-04
Utgiver
Vendor
Wiley-Blackwell
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
226 mm
Bredde
150 mm
Dybde
15 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
240

Biographical note

Robert Paul Seesengood is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Teaching Professor of Bible and Cultures at Drew Theological School, Drew University, Madison, NJ. His numerous publications include The Bible and Cultural Studies: Critical Readings and Jesse's Lineage: The Legendary Lives of David, Jesus and Jesse James.