African American actresses
Subtitle: the struggle for visibility, 1900-1960
By: Charlene Regester.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bloomington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
ISBN-13: 9780253354754; 9780253221926
Subjects: African American women in motion pictures; African American motion picture actors and actresses -- Biography; Actors -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Madame Sul-Te-Wan : the struggle for visibility; title: Nina Mae McKinney : early success and tumultuous career; title: Louise Beavers : negotiating racial difference; title: Fredi Washington : the masquerades and the masks; title: Hattie McDaniel : centering the margin; title: Lena Horne : actress and activist; title: Hazel Scott : resistance to othering; title: Ethel Waters : personification of otherness; title: Dorothy Dandridge : intertwining the reel and the real; title: Conclusion.