Missionaries in the Golden Age of Hollywood : race, gender, and spirituality on the big screen / Douglas Carl Abrams.
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: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham, Switzerland :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2023.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in the history of the media,
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| Online Access: | Springer eBooks |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 3031191633 9783031191633 3031191641 9783031191640 |
| ISSN: | 2634-6583 |