03066nam 2200673Ia 450 991045407090332120200520144314.01-299-45471-20-8093-8733-61-4356-6366-7(CKB)1000000000537418(EBL)1354640(OCoLC)856870447(SSID)ssj0000264963(PQKBManifestationID)11235774(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000264963(PQKBWorkID)10293750(PQKB)10665042(MiAaPQ)EBC1354640(OCoLC)250657235(MdBmJHUP)muse27164(Au-PeEL)EBL1354640(CaPaEBR)ebr10695243(CaONFJC)MIL476721(EXLCZ)99100000000053741820071003d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnfriendly witnesses[electronic resource] gender, theater, and film in the McCarthy era /Milly S. BarrangerCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc20081 online resource (225 p.)Theater in the AmericasDescription based upon print version of record.0-8093-2876-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.McCarthyism -- Billie Dawn goes to Washington: Judy Holliday -- Death by innuendo: Mady Christians -- Unfriendly witness: Anne Revere -- The defiant ones: Lilian Hellman and Dorothy Parker -- Guilt by association: Margaret Webster -- The blacklist is on fire: Kim Hunter.Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era "witch hunts" for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the entertainment industry: Judy Holliday, Anne Revere, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Webster, Mady Christians, and Kim Hunter. The effects on women of the anti-Communist crusades that swept the nation between 1947 and 1962 have been largely overlooked by cultural critics and historians, who have instead fTheater in the Americas.ActressesPolitical activityUnited StatesBlacklisting of entertainersUnited StatesHistory20th centuryWomen dramatists, American20th centuryPolitical activityBlacklisting of authorsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.ActressesPolitical activityBlacklisting of entertainersHistoryWomen dramatists, AmericanPolitical activity.Blacklisting of authorsHistory792.082/09045Barranger Milly S861548MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454070903321Unfriendly witnesses2222342UNINA