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African American actresses : the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960
- Title
- African American actresses : the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960 / Charlene Regester.
- Author
- Regester, Charlene B., 1956-
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
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Details
- Description
- xi, 405 p., 14 p. of plates : ill.; 23 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 10-1155
- ISBN
- 9780253354754 (cl : alk. paper)
- 0253354757 (cl : alk. paper)
- 9780253221926 (pb : alk. paper)
- 0253221927 (pb : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2009051159
- OCLC
- 419823714
- Author
- Regester, Charlene B., 1956-
- Title
- African American actresses : the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960 / Charlene Regester.
- Imprint
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 381-390) and index.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 10-1155