{"id":61962,"date":"2021-10-27T20:24:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T20:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=61962"},"modified":"2021-11-22T17:24:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T17:24:00","slug":"women-and-mixed-race-representation-in-film-eight-star-profiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=61962","title":{"rendered":"Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film: Eight Star Profiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Women and Mixed Race Representation in Film: Eight Star Profiles<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

McFarland<\/a>
\n2021-09-10
\n302 pages
\n54 photos, notes, bibliography, index
\n7 x 10
\nSoftcover ISBN: 978-1-4766-6338-8
\neBook ISBN: 978-1-4766-4473-8<\/p>\n

Valerie C. Gilbert<\/strong><\/a>
\nSeattle, Washington<\/em><\/p>\n

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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<\/a>, New Hollywood<\/a>, and into the present century: Josephine Baker<\/a>, Nina Mae McKinney<\/a>, Fredi Washington<\/a>, Lena Horne<\/a>, Dorothy Dandridge<\/a>, Lonette McKee<\/a>, Jennifer Beals<\/a> and Halle Berry<\/a>. Combining biography with detailed film readings, the author fleshes out the tragic mulatto<\/a> stereotype, while at the same time exploring concepts and themes such as racial identity, the one-drop rule<\/a>, passing<\/a>, skin color<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

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