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



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Autore: Weisenfeld Judith Visualizza persona
Titolo: Hollywood be thy name [[electronic resource] ] : African American religion in American film, 1929-1949 / / Judith Weisenfeld Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
Disciplina: 791.43/652996073
Soggetto topico: African Americans in motion pictures
Religion in motion pictures
Motion pictures - United States
Soggetto non controllato: african american films
african american religion
african american religious practices
american citizenship
american film culture
american film history
american identity
censorship records
cinema
cultural studies
film history
film studies
film
history
hollywood studios
hollywood
independent filmmakers
moral landscape
movie history
movie studies
movies
race films
race in america
racial authenticity
religion and film
religious
sound film
studio production films
wartime
Classificazione: AP 59783
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Hollywood be thy name  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-36023-X
9786612360237
0-520-94066-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910780637503321
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Serie: George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies.