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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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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CA :
University of California Press,
2007.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. "'Taint What You Was, It's What You IsToday"; 2. "'De Lawd' a Natchel Man"; 3. "A Mighty Epic of Modern Morals"; 4. "Saturday Sinners and Sunday Saints"; 5. "A Long, Long Way"; 6. "Why Didn't They Tell Me I'ma Negro?"; Conclusion; Filmography; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index.