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African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900a 1960

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

by Charlene B. Regester
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Availability:In StockContributor:Charlene B. RegesterPublish date:06/14/10Pages:440
Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253221926ISBN-10:253221927UPC:9780253221926Book Category:Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Film, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:History & Criticism, AmericanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCSDSR9EAH

African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900a 1960

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...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Indiana University PressISBN-13:9780253221926ISBN-10:253221927UPC:9780253221926Book Category:Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Film, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:History & Criticism, AmericanSize:8.90 x 5.90 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCSDSR9EAH

Charlene Regester is Associate Professor of African and Afro-American Studies at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She is co-editor of the Oscar Micheaux Society Newsletter and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Film and Video.


Publisher: Indiana University Press

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