Religious Hegemony and "Muslim" Horror Movies
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چکیده
The present paper examines horror films originating in Muslim contexts and available on U.S. streaming services. Using Gramsci's concept of hegemony, the how such negotiate articulate with dominant Hollywood mainstream genre particular attention to hegemonic power its Christian iconography assumptions.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Religion and Film
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['1092-1311']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.32873/uno.dc.jrf.26.02.06