| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 197 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Series |
Theater in the Americas |
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Theater in the Americas.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities fast |
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Actresses -- Political activity -- United States
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Blacklisting of entertainers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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Women dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Political activity
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Blacklisting of authors -- United States -- History -- 20th century
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Blacklisting of authors
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Blacklisting of entertainers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781435663664 |
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1435663667 |
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0809328763 |
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9780809328765 |
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9780809387335 |
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0809387336 |
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1299454712 |
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9781299454712 |
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