Missionaries in the golden age of Hollywood: race, gender, and spirituality on the big screen
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 re...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cham
Palgrave Macmillan
[2023]
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Palgrave studies in the history of the media
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles, Calif.)
/ Evangelization
/ History 1910-1960
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| IxTheo Classification: | KBQ North America RH Evangelization; Christian media |
| Further subjects: | B
Social History / HISTORY
B Films, cinema B Geschichte der Religion B History: earliest times to present day B Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik B History of religion B Social & Cultural History B History & Criticism / PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video B Generals / HISTORY / Modern B Religion / History B Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte |
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| 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 |
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| ISBN: | 3031191633 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-19164-0 |