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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792307203321

Autore

Regester Charlene B. <1956->

Titolo

African American actresses [[electronic resource] ] : the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960 / / Charlene Regester

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-282-66329-1

9786612663291

0-253-00431-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (436 p.)

Disciplina

791.4302/8092396073

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Soggetti

African American women in motion pictures

African American motion picture actors and actresses

Actors - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Madame Sul-Te-Wan : the struggle for visibility -- Nina Mae McKinney : early success and tumultuous career -- Louise Beavers : negotiating racial difference -- Fredi Washington : the masquerades and the masks -- Hattie McDaniel : centering the margin -- Lena Horne : actress and activist -- Hazel Scott : resistance to othering -- Ethel Waters : personification of otherness -- Dorothy Dandridge : intertwining the reel and the real -- Conclusion.