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David Feltmate - Drawn to the Gods: Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy - 9781479822188 - V9781479822188
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Drawn to the Gods: Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy

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Description for Drawn to the Gods: Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .

A new world of religious satire illuminated through the layers of religion and humor that make up the The Simpsons, South Park and Family Guy.

Drawing on the worldviews put forth by three wildly popular animated shows – The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy– David Feltmate demonstrates how ideas about religion’s proper place in American society are communicated through comedy. The book includes discussion of a wide range of American religions, including Protestant and Catholic Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Native American Religions, New Religious Movements, “Spirituality,” Hinduism, and Atheism. Along the way, readers are shown that ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781479822188
SKU
V9781479822188
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About David Feltmate
David Feltmate is an Associate Professor of Sociology at Auburn University at Montgomery where he conducts research in the sociology of religion, the sociology of humor, religion and popular culture, religion and mass media, and sociological theory.

Reviews for Drawn to the Gods: Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy
Drawn to the Gods is a thorough and comprehensive study that is grounded in solid research methodologies and linked to relevant theories and secondary literature. Feltmates arguments are compelling and insightful, and even quite lively
I love moving from Durkheim on the sacred to sacredness in Family Guy. Feltmate is quite adept at unpacking dense ideas about the sociology of religion ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Drawn to the Gods: Religion and Humor in The Simpsons, South Park, and Family Guy


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