Edna Ferber's Hollywood : American fictions of gender, race, and history /
Smyth, J. E.,1977-
Austin : University of Texas Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Edna Ferber's America and the fictions of history -- The life of an unknown woman: So big, 1923-1953 -- Making believe: Show boat, race, and romance, 1925-1957 -- Marking the boundaries of classical Hollywood's rise and fall: Cimarron, 1928-1961 -- Writing for Hollywood: Come and get it and Saratoga trunk, 1933-1947 -- Jim Crow, Jett Rink, and James Dean: reconstructing Giant, 1952-1957 -- The new nationalism: Ice palace, 1954-1960.
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
Women in the motion picture industry
Historical fiction, American
Motion pictures
Racism in literature.
Sex role in literature.