LEADER 03772nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910456779503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-36023-X 010 $a9786612360237 010 $a0-520-94066-0 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520940666 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010902 035 $a(EBL)837195 035 $a(OCoLC)769412764 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000298791 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11224232 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298791 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10363940 035 $a(PQKB)11637566 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837195 035 $a(OCoLC)667013327 035 $a(DE-B1597)520260 035 $a(OCoLC)774493658 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520940666 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837195 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10675807 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236023 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010902 100 $a20061109d2007 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHollywood be thy name$b[electronic resource] $eAfrican American religion in American film, 1929-1949 /$fJudith Weisenfeld 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (357 p.) 225 0 $aA George Gund Foundation book in African American studies 300 $a"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii]. 311 $a0-520-25100-8 311 $a0-520-22774-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index. 320 $aIncludes filmography: p. 239-240. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $t1. "'Taint What You Was, It's What You Is Today": Hallelujah and the Politics of Racial Authenticity -- $t2. "'De Lawd' a Natchel Man": The Green Pastures in the American Cultural Imagination -- $t3. "A Mighty Epic of Modern Morals": Black-Audience Religious Films -- $t4. "Saturday Sinners and Sunday Saints": Urban Commercial Culture and the Reconstruction of Black Religious Leadership -- $t5. "A Long, Long Way": Religion and African American Wartime Morale -- $t6. "Why Didn't They Tell Me I'm a Negro?": Lost Boundaries and the Moral Landscape of Race -- $tConclusion -- $tFilmography -- $tNotes -- $tSelect Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aFrom 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. 606 $aAfrican Americans in motion pictures 606 $aReligion in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans in motion pictures. 615 0$aReligion in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures 676 $a791.43/652996073 700 $aWeisenfeld$b Judith$0859038 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456779503321 996 $aHollywood be thy name$92372276 997 $aUNINA