Mimesis, Movies, and Media: Violence, Desire, and the Sacred, Volume 3 - Violence, Desire, and the Sacred

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: ContributorsIntroductionPart 1: Media and Representation1. On the One Medium "Eric Gans (University of California, Los Angeles)" 2. The Scapegoat Mechanism and the Media: Beyond the Folk Devil Paradigm "John O'Carroll (Charles Sturt University) " 3. The Apocalypse Will Not Be Televised "Chris Fleming (University of Western Sydney)"Part 2: Film4. Mirrors of Nature: Artificial Agents in real life and virtual worlds "Paul Dumouchel (Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Japan)" 5. Superheroes, Scapegoats and Saviours: Mimesis, Sacred Violence, and the Redemptive Vision of "The Dark Knight" "Joel Hodge (Australian Catholic University)" 6. Sanctified Victimage on Page and Screen: "The Hunger Games" as Prophetic Media "Debra E. MacDonald (University of Auckland)" 7. The Mimetic E-Motion: From" The Matrix "to "Avatar" "Nidesh Lawtoo (John Hopkins University)" 8. Apocalypse of the Therapeutic: "The Cabin in the Woods" and the Death of Mimetic Desire "Peter Paik (University of Milwaukee)" 9. Eyes Wide Shut: Mimesis and Historical Memory in Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" "David Humbert (Thorneloe College, Laurentian University)" 10. Against Romantic Love: Mimeticism and Satire in Woody Allen's "Vicky, Cristina, Barcelona," "You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, "and "To Rome with Love" "Scott Cowdell (Charles Sturt University)" 11. A Beautiful Crisis? Ang Lee's Film Adaptation of "The Ice Storm" "Carly Osborn (University of Adelaide)" 12. Cowboy Metaphysics, the Virtuous-Enough Cowboy, and Mimetic Desire in Stephen Fears' "The Hi-Lo Country" "Thomas Ryba (Purdue University/University of Notre Dame)" Section 3: Television13. The Self in Crisis: Watching "Mad Men" and "Homeland" with Girard and Hegel "Paolo Diego Bubbio (University of Western Sydney)" 14. Media, Murder and Memoir: Girardian Baroque in Robert Drewe's "The Shark Net" "Rosamund Dalziell (Charles Sturt University)" 15. Conversion in "Dexter" "Matthew John Paul Tan (De Paul University)""and Joel Hodge ""(Australian Catholic University)"Appendix: Rene Girard at a Glance Glossary of Key Girardian Terms Further Reading Index"Biographical Note: Scott Cowdell is Research Associate Professor in Public and Contextual Theology at Charles Sturt University, Canberra, Australia, and Canon Theologian of the Canberra-Goulburn Anglican Diocese. He is Founding President of the Australian Girard Seminar. Chris Fleming is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Anthropology, School of Humanities and Languages, the University of Western Sydney, Australia. His is the author of "Violence and Mimesis" (2004) and is Vice-President of the Australian Girard Seminar. Joel Hodge is Lecturer in Systematic Theology, School of Theology, Australian Catholic University, Australia. He is the author of "Resisting Violence and Victimisation: Christian Faith and Solidarity in East Timor "(2012) and is Treasurer and Secretary of the Australian Girard Seminar. Contributor Bio:  Cowdell, Scott Rev. Dr. Scott Cowdell, rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church in Canberra, Australia, and theology professor at Charles Sturt University. His latest book is God s Next Big Thing: Discovering theFuture Church. Contributor Bio:  Fleming, Chris Chris Fleming is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Anthropology, School of Humanities and Languages, the University of Western Sydney, Australia. His is the author of Violence and Mimesis (2004) and is current Vice-President of the Australian Girard Seminar. Contributor Bio:  Hodge, Joel Joel Hodge is Lecturer in Systematic Theology, School of Theology, Australian Catholic University, Australia. He is the author of Resisting Violence and Victimisation: Christian Faith and Solidarity in East Timor (2012) and is current Treasurer and Secretary of the Australian Girard Seminar.