Hollywood Be Thy Name : African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949
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, Jud...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
c2007
CA : 2007 Berkeley : [2007] Berkeley, CA : [2007] |
| Series: | ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
ACLS Humanities E-Book George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies |
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| Summary: | 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 recor 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (355 pages) 1 online resource (357 pages) 1 online resource (xiii, 341 pages) : illustrations xiii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index Includes filmography: pages 239-240 |
| ISBN: | 0520227743 0520251008 0520940660 9780520227743 9780520251007 9780520940666 |
| Access: | Restricted for use by site license |