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Hattie McDaniel - by Jill Watts (Paperback)

Name: Hattie McDaniel - by Jill Watts (Paperback)
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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.
Author(s): Jill Watts
384 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Entertainment & Performing Arts

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Watts presents 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").

Book Synopsis

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.

Review Quotes

"A provocative biography." - Edward Rothstein, The New York Times on Mae West: An Icon in Black and White

"Fascinating. . .A compelling, disturbing history of blacks in early Hollwyood." - Publishers Weekly

"Engagingly written....Watts's research is prodigious and she writes with acuity and verve." - Diahann Carroll

"Watt's sympathetic biography...tracks the career of the actress who, in 1940, became the first African American ever to win an Oscar. Watts [has a] skill for concise, thematic storytelling." - New York Times Book Review

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Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.36 Inches (W) x .94 Inches (D)

Weight: .72 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 384

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Entertainment & Performing Arts

Publisher: Amistad Press

Format: Paperback

Author: Jill Watts

Language: English

Street Date: February 6, 2007

TCIN: 78702376

UPC: 9780060514914

Item Number (DPCI): 247-21-8392

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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