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Descent into the Pit of the Redeemer
- Source :
- Extrapolation. 55:369-392
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Liverpool University Press, 2014.
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Abstract
- The self-sacrificing child in turn-of-the-twenty-first-century films risks safety or life itself to rescue a scapegoated child or loved one from suffering, to save a community from hardship, or to otherwise meet collective needs. The sacrificial child surrenders or substitutes its own innocence, suffering, blood, or earthly existence to ransom the scapegoat or alleviate his/her isolation. This essay analyzes the motives of and meanings implied by the self-sacrificing child.
Details
- ISSN :
- 20477708 and 00145483
- Volume :
- 55
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Extrapolation
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........c8ce965b930a8e8beeb9f08186104ec4