Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and CultureWalter Conser University Press of Kentucky, 12 sept 2010 - 390 páginas " In this first-ever biography of Greer Garson, Michael Troyan sweeps away the many myths that even today veil her life. The true origins of her birth, her fairy-tale discovery in Hollywood, and her career struggles at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are revealed for the first time. Garson combined an everywoman quality with grace, charm, and refinement. She won the Academy Award in 1941 for her role in Mrs. Miniver , and for the next decade she reigned as the queen of MGM. Co-star Christopher Plummer remembered, ""Here was a siren who had depth, strength, dignity, and humor who could inspire great trust, suggest deep intellect and whose misty languorous eyes melted your heart away!"" Garson earned a total of seven Academy Award nominations for Best Actress, and fourteen of her films premiered at Radio City Music Hall, playing for a total of eighty-four weeks--a record never equaled by any other actress. She was a central figure in the golden age of the studios, working with legendary performers Clark Gable, Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn, Joan Crawford, Robert Mitchum, Debbie Reynolds, and Walter Pidgeon. Garson's experiences offer a fascinating glimpse at the studio system in the years when stars were closely linked to a particular studio and moguls such as L.B. Mayer broke or made careers. With the benefit of exclusive access to studio production files, personal letters and diaries, and the cooperation of her family, Troyan explores the triumphs and tragedies of her personal life, a story more colorful than any role she played on screen. |
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... sacred,” whereas religion suggests a “social arrangement that seems arbitrary, limiting or at best convenient.”3 Despite the new popular and scholarly interest in American spirituality, none of the scholarly works even mentions the ...
... sacred,” whereas religion suggests a “social arrangement that seems arbitrary, limiting or at best convenient.”3 Despite the new popular and scholarly interest in American spirituality, none of the scholarly works even mentions the ...
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... and fiddling contests, such specifically religious gatherings as all-day church singings and Sacred Harp singings characterized the culture of the area. their grandfather was a traditional banjo picker, 12 Charles Reagan Wilson.
... and fiddling contests, such specifically religious gatherings as all-day church singings and Sacred Harp singings characterized the culture of the area. their grandfather was a traditional banjo picker, 12 Charles Reagan Wilson.
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... Sacred Harp singing helped to perpetuate a strong strain of Calvinism in the rural South, even as churches themselves softened Calvinism's rigors through a theology of redemption. As well as growing up singing Sacred Harp songs, the ...
... Sacred Harp singing helped to perpetuate a strong strain of Calvinism in the rural South, even as churches themselves softened Calvinism's rigors through a theology of redemption. As well as growing up singing Sacred Harp songs, the ...
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... sacred song on the album stood out even more than the others. “Miracle of the Rosary” explored a more Catholic sensibility than anything Presley had ever done, again suggesting that his spiritual journeying in music was not just in new ...
... sacred song on the album stood out even more than the others. “Miracle of the Rosary” explored a more Catholic sensibility than anything Presley had ever done, again suggesting that his spiritual journeying in music was not just in new ...
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... at church singings, and in a variety of institutions such as Sacred Harp singings, singing schools, singing conventions, and all-night gospel singings. Preferences in spirituality—including “Just a Little talk with Jesus” 23.
... at church singings, and in a variety of institutions such as Sacred Harp singings, singing schools, singing conventions, and all-night gospel singings. Preferences in spirituality—including “Just a Little talk with Jesus” 23.
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Prime Minister | 63 |
Contextualizing the Apocalyptic Visions of McKendree Robbins Long | 89 |
Flannery OConnor and the Southern Code of Manners | 133 |
Meetings at the Buddhist Temple | 147 |
Feedimg the Jewish Soul in the Delta Diaspora | 164 |
These Untutored Masses | 249 |
Purgatory in the Carolinas | 275 |
Baptist Women and the South | 303 |
Lynching Relgiion | 318 |
Fundamentalism in Recent Southern Culture | 354 |
Copyrights and Permissions | 369 |
Contributors | 371 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and Culture Walter H. ConserJr.,Rodger M. Payne Vista previa restringida - 2008 |
Southern Crossroads: Perspectives on Religion and Culture Walter Conser No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2010 |
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