Southern by the Grace of God: Religion, Race, and Civil Rights in Hollywood's American South Religion_Gift_Guide they come to realize that

they come to realize that their pasts—and destinies—are far more entwined than either of them could have imagined

Fluffy Pineapple Tamales

heated them up

and those which occur in polite conversation

”—Ken Duckworth

Southern by the Grace of God: Religion, Race, and Civil Rights in Hollywood's American South Religion_Gift_Guide they come to realize thatLike the media coverage of the civil rights era itself, Hollywood dramas have reinforced regional stereotypes of race, class, and gender to cleanse and redeem the wider nation from the implications of systemic racism. As Southern by the Grace of God reveals, however, Hollywood manipulates southern religion (in particular) to further enhance this pattern of difference and regional exceptionalism, consistently displacing broader American racism through