Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood

Author:   Jill Watts ,  Bahni Turpin
Publisher:   Hollywoodland Audio
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9781640917002


Publication Date:   14 September 2021
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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From an accomplished historian comes an uncompromising look at the pervasive racism in Hollywood, as seen through the life and times of actress Hattie McDaniel Hattie McDaniel is best known for her performance as Mammy, the sassy foil to Scarlett O'Hara in the movie classic Gone with the Wind. Her powerful performance won her an Oscar(R) and bolstered the hopes of black Hollywood that the entertainment industry was finally ready to write more multidimensional, fully-realized roles for blacks. But despite this victory, and pleas by organizations such as the NAACP and SAG, roles for blacks continued to denigrate the African American experience. So Hattie McDaniel continued to play servants. ""I'd rather play a maid then be a maid,"" Hattie McDaniel answered her critics, but her flip response belied a woman who was emotionally conflicted. Here, in an exhaustively detailed and incisive text by a talented historian, is the story of a valiant woman who defied the racism of her time.

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Author:   Jill Watts ,  Bahni Turpin
Publisher:   Hollywoodland Audio
Imprint:   Hollywoodland Audio
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 14.00cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781640917002


ISBN 10:   1640917004
Publication Date:   14 September 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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A professor of history at California State University and the coordinator of the film studies program at California State University, San Marcos, Jill Watts has written two previous books, God, Harlem U.S.A.: The Father Divine Story and Mae West: An Icon in Black and White. She lives in San Marcos, California.

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