Description: Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film : Eight Star Profiles, Paperback by Gilbert, Valerie C., ISBN 1476663386, ISBN-13 9781476663388, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "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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Number of Pages: 302 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film : Eight Star Profiles
Publisher: Mcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Subject: Discrimination & Race Relations, Women's Studies, Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year: 2021
Item Height: 0.6 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 19.2 Oz
Subject Area: Performing Arts, Social Science
Item Length: 10 in
Author: Valerie C. Gilbert
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Trade Paperback
