Mormons and popular culture : the global influence of an American phenomenon / J. Michael Hunter, editor.
"Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon provides an unprecedented, comprehensive treatment of Mormons and popular culture. Authored by a Mormon studies librarian and author of numerous writings regarding Mormon folklore, culture, and history, this book provi...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via ProQuest) |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Santa Barbara, Calif. :
Praeger,
©2013.
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- vol. 1. Cinema, television, theater, music, and fashion. 1. Mormons and Cinema
- 2. The Mormon Influence at Disney
- 3. "Flights of Imagination": Philo T. Farnsworth and the Invention of Television
- 4. Mormons and American Television
- 5. Mormons and Melodrama
- 6. Mormon Drama
- 7. Ritualized Theater: The Performing Pilgrim's Process at the Hill Cumorah Pageant
- 8. Mormons and the Music Industry
- 9. America's Choir: The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and American Popular Culture
- 10. A Genius for Beauty: Swimsuit Designer Rose Marie Reid
- 11. Profiles of Selected Mormon Actors
- vol. 2. Literature, art, media, tourism, and sports. 1. "As Much as Any Novelist Could Ask": Mormons in American Popular Fiction
- 2. Mormon Contributions to Young Adult Literature
- 3. Testifying: Mormonism and the Writings of Stephenie Meyer
- 4. Orthodox vs. Literary: An Overview of Mormon Fiction
- 5. Mormon Picture Book Authors
- 6. Mormons and American Comics
- 7. Mormons and American Popular Art
- 8. "Horribly Caricatured and Made Hideous in Cartoons": Political Cartooning and the Reed Smoot Hearings
- 9. Jack Anderson: A Mormon Who Influenced Millions
- 10. Glenn Beck: The Meteoric Rise and Decline of a Mormon Media Phenomenon
- 11. The Dawning of a New Era: Mormonism and the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893
- 12. Mormons in the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965
- 13. Touring Sacred History: The Latter-day Saints and Their Historical Sites
- 14. Ab Jenkins and the Mormon Meteor
- 15. Profiles of Selected Mormon Athletes in Professional Sports.