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10%OFFCharlene B. Regester - African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960 - 9780253221926 - V9780253221926
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African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960

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Description for African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960 Paperback. Black women and Hollywood in the pre-Civil Rights era Num Pages: 440 pages, 14 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; APF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.

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 compromise). Regester repositions these actresses to highlight their contributions to cinema in the first half of the 20th century, taking an informed theoretical, historical, and critical approach.

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253221926
SKU
V9780253221926
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99-1

About Charlene B. Regester
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.

Reviews for African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960
Regester's work is an important synthesis of previous studies in the fields of film studies and history. Vol. 98.1, June 2011
The Journal of American History
African American Actresses is an important addition to film history, film studies, and African American studies because it illuminates those who were often invisible. Regester's historical work is to be lauded as ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900–1960


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