Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 /

Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 /

A key concern in postwar America was "who's passing for whom?" Analyzing representations of passing in Hollywood films reveals changing cultural ideas about authenticity and identity in a country reeling from a hot war and moving towards a cold one. After World War II, passing became...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelley, N. Megan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Subjects:
Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures.
Passing (Identity) in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.

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