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Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 /

A key concern in postwar America was "who's passing for whom?" Analyzing representations of passing in Hollywood films reveals changing cultural ideas about authenticity and identity in a country reeling from a hot war and moving towards a cold one. After World War II, passing became...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kelley, N. Megan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]
Subjects:	Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures. Passing (Identity) in motion pictures. Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century. Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States. PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism. HISTORY > United States > 20th Century. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.

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