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Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 /

"A key concern in postwar America was "who's passing for whom?" Analyzing representations of passing in Hollywood films reveals changing cultural ideas about authenticity and identity in a country reeling from a hot war and moving towards a cold one. After World War II, passing b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kelley, N. Megan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER ONE: Hollywood's Passing Contexts: The Rise of Psychoanalytic Discourse, Identity Studies, and Cold War Culture
  • CHAPTER TWO: Passing as Social Strategy: The Early Postwar "Message" Pics
  • CHAPTER THREE: Passing as Identity Crisis: The Psychoanalytic Turn in Hollywood
  • CHAPTER FOUR: "Hiding in Plain Sight": Political Passing, Communist Fears, and Hollywood
  • CHAPTER FIVE: They Walk among Us: Science Fiction Films and Passing Aliens
  • CHAPTER SIX: "Both Body and Meaning Can Do a Cartwheel": Postwar Hollywood Masculinities and Passing Anxieties
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: Hollywood's Postwar Feminine Masquerades: Masculine Women, Blonde Goddesses, and Passing for Normal
  • CONCLUSION
  • AFTERWORD AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • SELECT FILMOGRAPHY
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.