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Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film: Eight Star Profiles

By Valerie C. Gilbert

Book information

Publisher
Publishers, Inc., McFarland & Company
Year
2021
ISBN
2021027070, 9781476663388, 9781476644738
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
11 MB (11434142 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-16 19:13:33
Performing Arts; Sociology; Women's Studies; Nonfi

Description

This book uses a black/white interracial lens to examine the lives and careers of eight prominent American-born actresses from the silent age through the studio era, New Hollywood, and into the present century: Josephine Baker, Nina Mae McKinney, Fredi Washington, Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge, Lonette McKee, Jennifer Beals and Halle Berry. Combining biography with detailed film readings, the author fleshes out the tragic mulatto stereotype, while at the same time exploring concepts and themes such as racial identity, the one-drop rule, passing, skin color, transracial adoption, interracial romance, and more. With a wealth of background information, this study also places these actresses in historical context, providing insight into the construction of race, both onscreen and off.

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