{"product_id":"american-standard-isbn-9781118361566","title":"American Standard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBring a cultural-studies toolkit to bear on the world's most interpreted text\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe study of the Bible has adapted to the full range of analytical tools available to theologians, scholars, and researchers of every stripe. The marriage between cultural studies and Biblical studies has been especially fruitful, increasingly producing rich and provocative engagements with Biblical texts and contexts. Students of the Bible stand to profit significantly from a volume which illustrates the value of cultural studies approaches by putting these theories into practice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Standard\u003c\/i\u003e meets the needs of these students with a series of lively essays working through cultural-studies readings of specific Biblical texts. Drawing connections between the Bible and its modern settings, American popular culture, and more, it balances theory with direct close reading to provide an accessible introduction to the vast and varied landscape of cultural studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Standard\u003c\/i\u003e readers will also find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn invaluable literature review of core cultural studies texts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDetailed analyses incorporating fantasy gaming, the films of Joel and Ethan Coen, American diet culture, and more\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn author with an extensive teaching and publishing history in cultural and Biblical studies\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmerican Standard\u003c\/i\u003e is ideal for advanced undergraduate or seminary students taking courses in biblical interpretation, American religion, critical theory, or any related subjects. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 A General Introduction to Cultural Studies and Cultural Studies Approaches to the Bible 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpreading the Word: The Bible’s Viral Encounter with US Pop Culture 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOld School: Birmingham, Marxism, and Late Capitalism 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt’s in the Mix: Cultural Studies as Intertextuality 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssembling the Pieces: Reception, Deleuzian Machines, Affect 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Plan of This Book 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I From CCCS to Late Capitalism 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Reading Readers: Modern Evangelicalism’s Material (Biblical) Renaissance 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible in Late Capitalism 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible, New and Improved 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Self- Evident Book: The Bible and Nineteenth- Century United States 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the “Value- Added” Bible: The American Bible in the Age of Modernism 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe American Bible in Late Capitalism 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAre Bibles Read or Just Looked at? 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOur Bibles, Ourselves 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Graphic Bibles: The Word Becomes (Affecting) Image 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGraphic Bibles 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Crumb on Genesis 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Translation” of Word into Image 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reticence of Biblical Image 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 “Eat This Book”: The Bible and the American Diet 72\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible and Cultural Studies 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining “Culture” and the “Culture of Everyday Life” 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Biblical Scholarship on\/and the American Diet 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBiblical Eating 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Bible, Pop Culture, Food, and Consumption 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Intertextual Bible 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Ketuvim in the Coenim: Bible and Apocalyptic in the Films of Joel and Ethan Coen 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat’s in Your Bible? 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coenim 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarton Fink (1991) 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLadykillers (2004) 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJews, and Jewish Bibles, in Hollywood 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Re)reading the Coen Bible 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 “Do Not Forsake Me”: Biblical Motifs in Zinnemann’s High Noon 112\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Verse (Précis) 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond Verse 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBridge 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRefrain 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 God’s Dice: The Bible in\/and Sci-Fi and Fantasy Gaming 128\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons and the Birth of a Genre 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Lore of the God- Emperor: Warhammer 40k’s Narrative Frame 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Devil in the Details: Satan and the Cosmic War Motif in W40k and D\u0026amp;D 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Satanic Panic” and the Dissonance Between D\u0026amp;D and Some US Religious Circles 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Origins of Satan” and the Bible as Fantasy Literature 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlaying (with) the Devil 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Affective Machines: Deleuze, Cultural Studies, and the Next Wave 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Mysteries of the Bible Documentary: The Bible in Popular Nonfiction Documentary Film 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTruth and Representation 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModes and Methods of Documentary 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA (Very Brief) Introduction and Review of Bible Documentary 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMysteries of the Bible 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Jesus to Christ 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTestimony of the Ark 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Filming of Documentaries, There Is No End 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 “I (Want to) Believe, Lord; Help Me in My Unbelief”: Revelation, Raëleans, Mayans, and North American Pop Eschatology 167\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beginning of the End 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat the Bible Raëlly Says 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscerning the Bak’tun 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConverging Sight Lines 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Conspiracies of Affect(s) and Apocalyptics 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApocalypse: John’s Vision of the (Sometimes Scary) Real World 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHorror Movies: 28 Days Later...and the Revelation of Rage 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConspiracy 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Bespoke Words: The Bible, Fashion, and the Mechanism(s) of Things 190\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheoretically Naked 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoxers and Socks 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShirt and Trousers 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShoes 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJacket 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTie 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlasses 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: 2020 Visions: Why the Bible and Popular Culture Matter 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Biblical Citations 219\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Paul Seesengood\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Teaching Professor of Bible and Cultures at Drew Theological School, Drew University, Madison, NJ. 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