Hollywood Biblical Epics: Camp Spectacle and Queer Style from the Silent Era to the Modern Day: Camp Spectacle and Queer Style from the Silent Era to the Modern Day

In spite of restrictive Hollywood censorship regulations, filmmakers throughout history have pushed the boundaries of sex and violence when making religious films. In this unrivaled text, author and educator Richard Lindsay analyzes the relationship between bible-based epics and "camp"—films with overwrought acting, casts of thousands, and exotic sexuality. Lindsay presents the ways in which camp style identifies films as "biblical" in the mainstream imagination, while undermining their tra...