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Laddar... African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900--1960av Charlene B. Regester
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. For years I have been looking for biographical profiles of black actresses - with the biography of Hattie McDaniel and Lena Horne's recent autobiography, there was still one black actress that I wanted to know more about and that was Louise Beavers. However, the biographical sketches in this book are a mere 2 to 3 pages at most. The rest of the chapters on each actress is devoted to discussing the issue of race in their film career - which was not what I was looking for. The author indicated that Hattie McDaniel wanted to be buried in Rosedale Cemetery and despite restrictions due to her race, she became the first black interred there. Yet, no mention is made of McDaniel's original request to be buried at Hollywood Memorial Park (now Hollywood Forever) which was denied due to her race. I also feel that the studio system, writers, and creators of 1933's King Kong (in the chapter on Nina Mae McKinney) did not put all the symbolism on race into the film that the author sees. This was the studio system and they were cranking out films. If you want a textbook full of essays, this is the book for you. If you are looking for biographical material, continue to look. ( ) inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
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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. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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