Missionaries in the Golden Age of Hollywood

Race, Gender, and Spirituality on the Big Screen

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de Douglas Carl Abrams

Type

Studies

Sujet

Sociology

Mots Clés

religion, Great Britain, United States

Année d'édition

2022

Editeur

Palgrave MacMillan

Collection

Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Hardcover • 266 pages
6 x 8 ½ inches (15 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-3-031-19163-3

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Description de l'ouvrage:
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.

À propos de l'auteur :
Douglas Carl Abrams is Professor of History at Bob Jones University, USA.

Revue de Presse:
Douglas Carl Abrams
Missionaries in the Golden Age of Hollywood
review Cambridge: Journal of Ecclesiastical History
David A. Hollinger
UC Berkeley
"One finding which Abrams articulates clearly is that the movies of the mid-twentieth century decades accurately reflected the real-life role of foreign missions in expanding the horizons of the average American, exposing them to the diversity of humankind and challenging racial prejudices and the uncritical support of colonial empires. This effect is much more visible in some films than others"
"Abrams is well read in scholarship on missionaries, and successfully integrates his findings with the latest books and articles in the field."
"Missionaries in the Golden Age of Hollywood . . . gives us the most comprehensive account we have of missionaries as characters in commercial films."
source: Cambridge Core

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