"George Gund Foundation book in African American studies"
"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--P. [ii].
Contents:
"'Taint what you was, it's what you is today": Hallelujah and the politics of racial authenticity -- "'De Lawd' a natchel man": The green pastures in the American cultural imagination -- "A mighty epic of modern morals": black-audience religious films -- "Saturday sinners and Sunday saints": urban commercial culture and the reconstruction of black religious leadership -- "A long, long way": religion and African American wartime morale -- "Why didn't they tell me I'm a Negro?": Lost boundaries and the moral landscape of race
