| Description |
1 online resource (357 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
The George Gund Foundation book in African American studies
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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. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-329) and index. |
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Includes filmography: pages 239-240. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans in motion pictures.
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African Americans in motion pictures. |
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Religion in motion pictures.
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Religion in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- United States.
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Motion pictures. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780520227743 |
| ISBN |
9780520940666 (electronic book) |
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0520940660 (electronic book) |
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9780520227743 |
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0520227743 |
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9780520251007 |
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0520251008 |
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128236023X |
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9781282360235 |
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