African American Actresses : The Struggle for Visibility, 1900--1960 /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Regester, Charlene B., 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2010.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Actors > United States > Biography.
African American motion picture actors and actresses > Biography.
African American women in motion pictures.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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