03904nam 2200745Ia 450 991081966120332120200520144314.01-282-36023-X97866123602370-520-94066-010.1525/9780520940666(CKB)2430000000010902(EBL)837195(OCoLC)769412764(SSID)ssj0000298791(PQKBManifestationID)11224232(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298791(PQKBWorkID)10363940(PQKB)11637566(MiAaPQ)EBC837195(OCoLC)667013327(DE-B1597)520260(OCoLC)774493658(DE-B1597)9780520940666(Au-PeEL)EBL837195(CaPaEBR)ebr10675807(CaONFJC)MIL236023(dli)HEB08078(MiU)MIU01000000000000009841817(EXLCZ)99243000000001090220061109d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHollywood be thy name African American religion in American film, 1929-1949 /Judith Weisenfeld1st ed.Berkeley University of California Pressc20071 online resource (357 p.)A George Gund Foundation book in African American studies"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii].0-520-25100-8 0-520-22774-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index.Includes filmography: p. 239-240.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 --IndexFrom 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.George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies.African Americans in motion picturesReligion in motion picturesMotion picturesUnited StatesAfrican Americans in motion pictures.Religion in motion pictures.Motion pictures791.43/652996073AP 59783rvkWeisenfeld Judith859038MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910819661203321Hollywood be thy name2372276UNINA