TY - BOOK
T1 - Television, Religion, and "Supernatural"
T2 - Hunting Monsters, Finding Gods
AU - Engstrom, Erika
AU - Valenzano III, Josepn M.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - "Television, Religion, and 'Supernatural'" examines the text of the CW network television series "Supernatural," a program based in the horror genre that offers viewers myriad religious-based antagonists through the portrayals of monsters, which its two main characters “hunt” and destroy, as well as storylines based on the Bible. Even as the series’ producers claim a nonreligious perspective, the authors contend that story arcs and outcomes of episodes actually forward a hegemonic portrayal of Christianity that portrays a good-versus-evil motif regarding the superiority of Catholicism. The depiction of its protagonist brothers, Dean and Sam Winchester of Lawrence, Kansas, provides a pro-American perspective regarding a more generalized fight against evil in contemporary times.
AB - "Television, Religion, and 'Supernatural'" examines the text of the CW network television series "Supernatural," a program based in the horror genre that offers viewers myriad religious-based antagonists through the portrayals of monsters, which its two main characters “hunt” and destroy, as well as storylines based on the Bible. Even as the series’ producers claim a nonreligious perspective, the authors contend that story arcs and outcomes of episodes actually forward a hegemonic portrayal of Christianity that portrays a good-versus-evil motif regarding the superiority of Catholicism. The depiction of its protagonist brothers, Dean and Sam Winchester of Lawrence, Kansas, provides a pro-American perspective regarding a more generalized fight against evil in contemporary times.
KW - CW Supernatural
KW - television
KW - religion
KW - media criticism
M3 - Book
SN - 1498550398
BT - Television, Religion, and "Supernatural"
ER -