Overview
- Shows that in missionary movies, over time, racist casting, and the ban on interracial attraction, both faded
- Explores how in films, some female missionaries remained autonomous, whilst others chose traditional roles
- Emphasizes that in movies missionaries placed faith over empire or class, and embraced social service
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media (PSHM)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
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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Douglas Carl Abrams is Professor of History at Bob Jones University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Missionaries in the Golden Age of Hollywood
Book Subtitle: Race, Gender, and Spirituality on the Big Screen
Authors: Douglas Carl Abrams
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19164-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19163-3Published: 16 December 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-19166-4Published: 16 December 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-19164-0Published: 15 December 2022
Series ISSN: 2634-6575
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6583
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 246
Topics: Cultural History, Modern History, History of Religion, Film History