
AFRICAN AMERICAN ACTRESSES |
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
Mollie Ables,
Indiana University Press,601 N. Morton St,
Bloomington ,
Indiana - 47404-3797,USA
Web: iupress.indiana.edu Inquiry
Book 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.
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