| AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESSES | 
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                          Subtitle: 
                        The Struggle for Visibility, 1900 
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                         Book Category: 
                        Art > Film & Video 
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 Author: 
Charlene Regester 
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          Binding: 
Paperback 
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         ISBN 13: 
978-0-253-22192-6  
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             Price: 
                USD 27.95 
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             Publication Year: 
2010 
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Publisher Info
Indiana University Press. InquiryBook Description
 
    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.
Book Review and Awards
Choice OAT