African American actresses [electronic resource] : the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960 / Charlene Regester.
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Language: | English |
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Bloomington :
Indiana University Press,
2010.
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Variant Title: |
African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960 |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
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.