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

Title
Hollywood be thy name : African American religion in American film, 1929-1949 / Judith Weisenfeld.
Author
Weisenfeld, Judith.
Publication
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.

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Description
xiii, 341 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
A George Gund Foundation book in African American studies
Subjects
Note
  • "The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii].
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index.
  • Includes filmography: p. 239-240.
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.
Call Number
MFL 07-4680
ISBN
  • 9780520227743 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0520227743 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780520251007 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0520251008 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006037488
OCLC
76167358
Author
Weisenfeld, Judith.
Title
Hollywood be thy name : African American religion in American film, 1929-1949 / Judith Weisenfeld.
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Series
A George Gund Foundation book in African American studies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-329) and index.
Includes filmography: p. 239-240.
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MFL 07-4680
Sc E 09-390
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