Missionaries in the Golden Age of Hollywood
Race, Gender, and Spirituality on the Big Screen
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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.
About the Author:
Douglas Carl Abrams is Professor of History at Bob Jones University, USA.
Press Reviews:
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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