| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Theater in the Americas
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Theater in the Americas.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index. |
| Contents |
McCarthyism -- Billie Dawn goes to Washington: Judy Holliday -- Death by innuendo: Mady Christians -- Unfriendly witness: Anne Revere -- The defiant ones: Lilian Hellman and Dorothy Parker -- Guilt by association: Margaret Webster -- The blacklist is on fire: Kim Hunter. |
| Summary |
Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era "witch hunts" for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the entertainment industry: Judy Holliday, Anne Revere, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Webster, Mady Christians, and Kim Hunter. The effects on women of the anti-Communist crusades that swept the nation between 1947 and 1962 have been largely overlooked by cultural critics and historians, who have instead f. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities. |
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Actresses -- Political activity -- United States.
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Actresses. |
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Political participation. |
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United States. |
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Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Blacklisting of entertainers. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Women dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Political activity.
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Women dramatists, American. |
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Blacklisting of authors -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Blacklisting of authors. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Barranger, Milly S. Unfriendly witnesses. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2008 9780809328765 0809328763 (DLC) 2007040920 (OCoLC)173683793 |
| ISBN |
9781435663664 (electronic book) |
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1435663667 (electronic book) |
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0809328763 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780809328765 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780809387335 |
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0809387336 |
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