African American actresses [electronic resource] : the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960 / Charlene Regester.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Regester, Charlene B., 1956-
Language:English
Published: 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.