Imagining America: Film, Mass Media Helped Catholics Enter Mainstream, Shaped Post-War U.S. Identity, Global Direction

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Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

11-8-2010

Abstract

News release announces that Anthony Burke Smith argues in his new book The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular Culture from the Great Depression to the Cold War, the period between the 1930s and 1950s witnessed a "Catholic moment" that helped change negative perceptions of Catholics through Catholic themed films and through the works of Catholic artists.

Recommended Citation

"Imagining America: Film, Mass Media Helped Catholics Enter Mainstream, Shaped Post-War U.S. Identity, Global Direction" (2010). News Releases. 9388.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/news_rls/9388