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Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood
Miriam J. Petty
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Description for Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood
Paperback. A study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. This title focuses on performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period - Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Lincoln "Stepin Fetchit" Perry, and more. Num Pages: 312 pages, 35 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Stealing the Show is a study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. Petty focuses on five performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period-Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Lincoln Stepin Fetchit Perry, Bill Bojangles Robinson, and Hattie McDaniel-to reveal the problematic stardom and the enduring, interdependent patterns of performance and spectatorship for performers and audiences of color. She maps how these actors-though regularly cast in stereotyped and marginalized roles-employed various strategies of cinematic and extracinematic performance ... Read more
Stealing the Show is a study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. Petty focuses on five performers whose Hollywood film careers flourished during this period-Louise Beavers, Fredi Washington, Lincoln Stepin Fetchit Perry, Bill Bojangles Robinson, and Hattie McDaniel-to reveal the problematic stardom and the enduring, interdependent patterns of performance and spectatorship for performers and audiences of color. She maps how these actors-though regularly cast in stereotyped and marginalized roles-employed various strategies of cinematic and extracinematic performance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
532g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520279773
SKU
V9780520279773
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About Miriam J. Petty
Miriam J. Petty is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film, Radio, and Television at Northwestern University.
Reviews for Stealing the Show: African American Performers and Audiences in 1930s Hollywood
[Miriam Petty's] ambitious book places Stepin' Fetchit (the persona of Lincoln Perry) in a new light, and all of her subjects in high relief... [a] fine book.
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