Hollywood Be Thy Name: African American Religion in American Film, 1929-1949

by Judith Weisenfeld

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520251008

ISBN13:9780520251007

Release Date:June 2007

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:355 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"

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Arts, Music & Photography Performing Arts Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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