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Author Abrams, Douglas Carl, 1950- author.

Title Missionaries in the Golden Age of Hollywood : race, gender, and spirituality on the big screen / Douglas Carl Abrams
Published Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Palgrave studies in the history of the media, 2634-6583
Palgrave studies in the history of the media, 2634-6583
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Racist Casting, Interracial Attraction and Primitivism -- 3. Progress in Race Since 1945 -- 4. Maintaining Masculinity -- 5. Traditional and Independent Women -- 6. Earthly Kingdom and Spiritual Kingdom -- 7. Class and Hierarchy -- 8. Social Christianity and Evangelism -- 9. Suffering and Apostasy
Summary 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Motion pictures, British -- History and criticism
Motion pictures, American -- History and criticism
Missionaries -- In motion pictures
Motion pictures, American
Motion pictures, British
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783031191640
3031191641