1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456779503321

Autore

Weisenfeld Judith

Titolo

Hollywood be thy name [[electronic resource] ] : African American religion in American film, 1929-1949 / / Judith Weisenfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-36023-X

9786612360237

0-520-94066-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Collana

A George Gund Foundation book in African American studies

Disciplina

791.43/652996073

Soggetti

African Americans in motion pictures

Religion in motion pictures

Motion pictures - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index.

Includes filmography: p. 239-240.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "'Taint What You Was, It's What You Is Today": Hallelujah and the Politics of Racial Authenticity -- 2. "'De Lawd' a Natchel Man": The Green Pastures in the American Cultural Imagination -- 3. "A Mighty Epic of Modern Morals": Black-Audience Religious Films -- 4. "Saturday Sinners and Sunday Saints": Urban Commercial Culture and the Reconstruction of Black Religious Leadership -- 5. "A Long, Long Way": Religion and African American Wartime Morale -- 6. "Why Didn't They Tell Me I'm a Negro?": Lost Boundaries and the Moral Landscape of Race -- Conclusion -- Filmography -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

From the earliest years of sound film in America, Hollywood studios and independent producers of "race films" for black audiences created stories featuring African American religious practices. In the first book to examine how the movies constructed images of African American religion, Judith Weisenfeld explores these cinematic representations



and how they reflected and contributed to complicated discourses about race, the social and moral requirements of American citizenship, and the very nature of American identity. Drawing on such textual sources as studio production files, censorship records, and discussions and debates about religion and film in the black press, as well as providing close readings of films, this richly illustrated and meticulously researched book brings religious studies and film history together in innovative ways.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779470203321

Autore

Scheub Harold

Titolo

Trickster and hero [[electronic resource] ] : two characters in the oral and written traditions of the world / / Harold Scheub

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2012

ISBN

0-299-29073-5

1-283-97613-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Disciplina

809/93352

Soggetti

Tricksters

Tricksters in literature

Heroes

Heroes in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The trickster, preparation for the hero -- pt. 2. The trickster in the hero -- pt. 3. The hero, with the trickster at the center.