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Material Type: | Internet resource |
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Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Judith Weisenfeld |
ISBN: | 9780520227743 0520227743 9780520251007 0520251008 |
OCLC Number: | 76167358 |
Notes: | "The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Page [ii]. Fuller Libraries notes: "The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii]. Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index. Includes filmography: p. 239-240. |
Description: | xiii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | "'Taint what you was, it's what you is today": Hallelujah and the politics of racial authenticity -- "'De Lawd' a natchel man": The green pastures in the American cultural imagination -- "A mighty epic of modern morals": black-audience religious films -- "Saturday sinners and Sunday saints": urban commercial culture and the reconstruction of black religious leadership -- "A long, long way": religion and African American wartime morale -- "Why didn't they tell me I'm a Negro?": Lost boundaries and the moral landscape of race. |
Series Title: | George Gund Foundation book in African American studies. |
Responsibility: | Judith Weisenfeld. |
More information: | |
Local System Bib Number: | 239167 |
Abstract:
Examines how the Hollywood studios and independent producers of "race films" for black audiences movies constructed images of African American religion. This book explores these cinematic representations and how they reflected and contributed to complicated discourses about race, the social and moral requirements of American citizenship.
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"An illuminating study of the history of race and film in America."--African American Review
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