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.

Table of Contents:

Chapter one: Hollywood's passing contexts: The rise of psychoanalytic discourse, identity studies, and Cold War culture
Chapter two: Passing as social strategy: The early postwar "message" pics
Chapter three: Passing as identity crisis: The psychoanalytic turn in Hollywood
Chapter four: "Hiding in plain sight": Political passing, communist fears, and Hollywood
Chapter five: They walk among us: Science fiction films and aliens
Chapter six: "Both body and meaning can do a cartwheel": Postwar Hollywood masculinities and passing anxieties
Chapter seven: Hollywood's postwar feminine masquerades: masculine women, blonde goddesses, and passing for normal.