Myth and Monstrosity: Teaching Indigenous Films

The past few times that I have taught my course on religion and film I have included a number of Indigenous movies. The response from students has been entirely positive, in part because most of them have rarely encountered Indigenous cultural products of any kind, especially contemporary ones. Stud...

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Subtitles:Special Issue: 2018 International Conference on Religion and Film, Toronto
Main Author: Derry, Ken (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2018
In: The journal of religion and film
Year: 2018, Volume: 22, Issue: 3, Pages: 1-32
Further subjects:B Pedagogy
B Horror
B Myth
B Indigenous
B Colonialism
B Monster
B Parable
B Noir
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