African American actresses : the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960 / / Charlene Regester

• Autore: Regester Charlene B. <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (436 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.4302/8092396073; B
• Soggetto topico: African American women in motion pictures; African American motion picture actors and actresses; Actors - United States
• 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: Nine actresses, from Madame Sul-Te-Wan in Birth of a Nation (1915) to Ethel Waters in Member of the Wedding (1952), are profiled in African American Actresses. Charlene Regester poses questions about prevailing racial politics, on-screen and off-screen identities, and black stardom and white stardom. She reveals how these women fought for their roles as well as what they compromised (or didn't compromise). Regester repositions these actresses to highlight their contributions to cinema in the first half of the 20th century, taking an informed theoretical, historical, and critical approach.
• Titolo autorizzato: African American actresses
• ISBN: 1-282-66329-1; 9786612663291; 0-253-00431-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828854103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II