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Changing lives, challenging concepts

Some findings and lessons from the Lord of the Rings project

Martin Barker

Aberystwyth University, Wales, mib{at}aber.ac.uk

This article presents a series of key findings from the international Lord of the Rings project, around the meanings and implications for audiences of choosing to describe the films as a `Spiritual Journey'. Drawing on a combination of quantitative results and qualitative responses, and presenting one woman's responses in detail, it proffers a set of implications for the fields of film, and cultural studies.

Key Words: adaptation theory • audience research • Lord of the Rings • meanings of `epic' • spiritual experiences

International Journal of Cultural Studies, Vol. 12, No. 4, 375-393 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1367877909104244
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