| Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood Contributor(s): Watts, Jill (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060514914 ISBN-13: 9780060514914 Publisher: Amistad Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: An uncompromising look at the pervasive racism in Hollywood as seen through the life and times of the highly regarded yet always controversial actress Hattie McDaniel, the first African American actress to win an Academy Award (for her role in Gone With the Wind) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.36" W x 8" (0.72 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 111426 Reading Level: 10.7 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 22.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Watts, Jill: - 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. |