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UNINA9910819661203321 |
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Autore |
Weisenfeld Judith |
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Hollywood be thy name : African American religion in American film, 1929-1949 / / Judith Weisenfeld |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-36023-X |
9786612360237 |
0-520-94066-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Collana |
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A George Gund Foundation book in African American studies |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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African Americans in motion pictures |
Religion in motion pictures |
Motion pictures - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii]. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index. |
Includes filmography: p. 239-240. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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