Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism
- ISBN-10
- 0813586291
- ISBN-13
- 9780813586298
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 208
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Author
- Nancy Wang Yuen
Description
Introduction -- Hollywood's whitest -- Hollywood's colorblind racism -- Hollywood's typecasting -- Hollywood's double bind -- Surviving Hollywood -- Challenging Hollywood -- Diversifying Hollywood
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