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African American actresses : the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960
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- Creator
- Charlene Regester
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- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xi, 405 pages, 14 pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781282663299, 0253004314, 6612663294, 9780253004314, 0253354757, 9780253221926, 9780253354754, 9786612663291, 0253221927, 1282663291
- OCLC
- ocn419823714, ocn646068248
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-390) and index.
- 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