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Missionaries in the Golden Age of Hollywood
Race, Gender, and Spirituality on the Big Screen, Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
ISBN/EAN: 9783031191633
Umbreit-Nr.: 6620209
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: xx, 246 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
gebundenes Buch
Erschienen am 16.12.2022
Auflage: 1/2023
- Zusatztext
- This book examines major British and American missionary films during the Golden Age of Hollywood to explore the significance of race, gender, and spirituality in relation to the lives of the missionaries portrayed in film during the middle third of the twentieth century. Film both influences and reflects culture, and racial, gender, and religious identities are some of the most debated issues globally today. In the movies explored in this book, missionary interactions with various people groups reflect the historical changes which took place during this time.
- Kurztext
- Shows that in missionary movies, over time, racist casting, and the ban on interracial attraction, both fadedExplores how in films, some female missionaries remained autonomous, whilst others chose traditional rolesEmphasizes that in movies missionaries placed faith over empire or class, and embraced social service
- Autorenportrait
- Douglas Carl Abrams is Professor of History at Bob Jones University, USA.