Unfriendly witnesses [[electronic resource] ] : gender, theater, and film in the McCarthy era / / Milly S. Barranger

• Autore: Barranger Milly S
• Pubblicazione: Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 792.082/09045
• Soggetto topico: Actresses - Political activity - United States; Blacklisting of entertainers - United States - History - 20th century; Women dramatists, American - 20th century - Political activity; Blacklisting of authors - United States - History - 20th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-185) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 f
• Titolo autorizzato: Unfriendly witnesses
• ISBN: 1-299-45471-2; 0-8093-8733-6; 1-4356-6366-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782129703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Theater in the Americas.