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Unfriendly witnesses : gender, theater, and film in the McCarthy era / Milly S. Barranger.
Van Pelt Library PN1590.B5 B33 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Barranger, Milly S.
- Series:
- Theater in the Americas
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Actresses--Political activity--United States.
- Actresses.
- Political participation.
- Blacklisting of authors.
- History.
- Women dramatists, American.
- Blacklisting of entertainers.
- 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.
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 197 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2008]
- 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 focused their attention on the men of the period. Author Milly S. Barranger looks at the gender issues inherent in the investigations and identifies the enduring strains of McCarthyism in postmillennial America.
- Contents:
- 1 McCarthyism 1
- 2 Billie Dawn Goes to Washington: Judy Holliday 9
- 3 Death by Innuendo: Mady Christians 34
- 4 Unfriendly Witness: Anne Revere 49
- 5 The Defiant Ones: Lillian Hellman and Dorothy Parker 65
- 6 Guilt by Association: Margaret Webster 86
- 7 The Blacklist Is On Fire: Kim Hunter 108
- Appendix 1 Chronology of Women on the Left, 1919-1976 141
- Appendix 2 Excerpts from Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television, 1950 147.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780809328765
- 0809328763
- OCLC:
- 173683793
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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