Unfriendly witnesses : gender, theater, and film in the McCarthy era

Unfriendly witnesses : gender, theater, and film in the McCarthy era /

"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: Ju...

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Main Author: Barranger, Milly S. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2008]
Series:Theater in the Americas
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > House. > Committee on Un-American Activities
USA > Committee on Un-American Activities
Universidad Sergio Arboleda
Geschichte 1947-1962.
1900-1999
Actresses > Political activity > United States.
Blacklisting of entertainers > United States > History > 20th century.
Women dramatists, American > 20th century > Political activity.
Blacklisting of authors > United States > History > 20th century.
Blacklisting of authors.
Blacklisting of entertainers.
MacCarthyismus
Regisseurin
Schauspielerin
Schriftstellerin
Politisches Handeln
Film > politiska aspekter > Förenta staterna.
Politik och film, USA.
Svartlistning, USA.
United States.
USA.
History.
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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."--Jacket.
Physical Description:xviii, 197 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.
ISBN:9780809328765
0809328763

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