“I Ain’t So Sure but What the Lord Done Put These Folks in Our Path for a Reason”: Latter-day Saints Building Communities Through Dancing in John Ford’s Wagon Master
One of Ford’s lesser known works, Wagon Master (1950), utilizes Mormonism’s affinity for dancing to build bonds between diverse groups, thus epitomizing the director’s optimistic vision of a united and progressive America. Through the development of the narrative and Wagon Master’s mise-en-scène, Fo...
| Published in: | The journal of religion and film |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| In: |
The journal of religion and film
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Wagon Master
/ Mormon Church
/ Religiosity
/ Dance
/ Social acceptance
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations CH Christianity and Society KDH Christian sects |
| Further subjects: | B
Mormonism
John Ford
Western film
Dancing
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | One of Ford’s lesser known works, Wagon Master (1950), utilizes Mormonism’s affinity for dancing to build bonds between diverse groups, thus epitomizing the director’s optimistic vision of a united and progressive America. Through the development of the narrative and Wagon Master’s mise-en-scène, Ford displays a keen awareness of Mormon culture and the reasons dancing still holds such significance to members of the religion. Surprisingly, the film also captures a core tension of LDS culture: the desire to receive the inclusion of the rest of society whilst remaining a distinct and faithful people. For the Saints in the film, dancing navigates a path for them to temporarily resolve this conflict. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-1311 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion and film
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