Bibliograph

Hollywood be thy name, African American religion in American film, 1929-1949, Judith Weisenfeld

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Hollywood be thy name, African American religion in American film, 1929-1949, Judith Weisenfeld

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and indexIncludes filmography: p. 239-240

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government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hollywood be thy name

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionariesfilmographies

Oclc number

774493658

Responsibility statement

Judith Weisenfeld

Series statement

ACLS Humanities E-BookThe George Gund Foundation book in African American studies

Sub title

African American religion in American film, 1929-1949

Table Of 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

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