Projections of passing : : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / / N. Megan Kelley.
"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 b...
Saved in:
VerfasserIn: | |
---|---|
Place / Publishing House: | Jackson : : University Press of Mississippi,, [2016] 2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
Online Access: | |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (289 pages) :; illustrations |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
5004446060 |
---|---|
ctrlnum |
(MiAaPQ)5004446060 (Au-PeEL)EBL4446060 (CaPaEBR)ebr11172474 (CaONFJC)MIL903754 (OCoLC)931861486 |
collection |
bib_alma |
record_format |
marc |
spelling |
Kelley, N. Megan, author. Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / N. Megan Kelley. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016] 2016 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations text rdacontent computer rdamedia online resource rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "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 an important theme in Hollywood movies, one that lasted throughout the long 1950s, as it became a metaphor to express postwar anxiety.The potent, imagined fear of passing linked the language and anxieties of identity to other postwar concerns, including cultural obsessions about threats from within. Passing created an epistemological conundrum that threatened to destabilize all forms of identity, not just the longstanding American color line separating white and black. In the imaginative fears of postwar America, identity was under siege on all fronts. Not only were there blacks passing as whites, but women were passing as men, gays passing as straight, communists passing as good Americans, Jews passing as gentiles, and even aliens passing as humans (and vice versa). Fears about communist infiltration, invasion by aliens, collapsing gender and sexual categories, racial ambiguity, and miscegenation made their way into films that featured narratives about passing. N. Megan Kelley shows that these films transcend genre, discussing Gentleman's Agreement, Home of the Brave, Pinky, Island in the Sun, My Son John, Invasion of the Body-Snatchers, I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Rebel without a Cause, Vertigo, All about Eve, and Johnny Guitar, among others.Representations of passing enabled Americans to express anxieties about who they were and who they imagined their neighbors to be. By showing how pervasive the anxiety about passing was, and how it extended to virtually every facet of identity, Projections of Passing broadens the literature on passing in a fundamental way. It also opens up important counter-narratives about postwar America and how the language of identity developed in this critical period of American history"-- Provided by publisher. Description based on print version record. Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures. Passing (Identity) in motion pictures. Motion pictures United States History 20th century. Motion pictures Social aspects United States. Electronic books. Print version: Kelley, N. Megan. Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960. Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016] 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm 9781496806277 ProQuest (Firm) https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=4446060 Click to View |
language |
English |
format |
eBook |
author |
Kelley, N. Megan, |
spellingShingle |
Kelley, N. Megan, Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / |
author_facet |
Kelley, N. Megan, |
author_variant |
n m k nm nmk |
author_role |
VerfasserIn |
author_sort |
Kelley, N. Megan, |
title |
Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / |
title_sub |
postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / |
title_full |
Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / N. Megan Kelley. |
title_fullStr |
Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / N. Megan Kelley. |
title_full_unstemmed |
Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / N. Megan Kelley. |
title_auth |
Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / |
title_new |
Projections of passing : |
title_sort |
projections of passing : postwar anxieties and hollywood films, 1947-1960 / |
publisher |
University Press of Mississippi, |
publishDate |
2016 |
physical |
1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations |
isbn |
9781496806291 9781496806277 |
callnumber-first |
P - Language and Literature |
callnumber-subject |
PN - General Literature |
callnumber-label |
PN1995 |
callnumber-sort |
PN 41995.9 I34 K35 42016 |
genre |
Electronic books. |
genre_facet |
Electronic books. |
geographic_facet |
United States United States. |
era_facet |
20th century. |
url |
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=4446060 |
illustrated |
Illustrated |
dewey-hundreds |
700 - Arts & recreation |
dewey-tens |
790 - Sports, games & entertainment |
dewey-ones |
791 - Public performances |
dewey-full |
791.43/653 |
dewey-sort |
3791.43 3653 |
dewey-raw |
791.43/653 |
dewey-search |
791.43/653 |
oclc_num |
931861486 |
work_keys_str_mv |
AT kelleynmegan projectionsofpassingpostwaranxietiesandhollywoodfilms19471960 |
status_str |
n |
ids_txt_mv |
(MiAaPQ)5004446060 (Au-PeEL)EBL4446060 (CaPaEBR)ebr11172474 (CaONFJC)MIL903754 (OCoLC)931861486 |
is_hierarchy_title |
Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 / |
_version_ |
1792330905812992001 |
fullrecord |
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>04075nam a2200469 i 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">5004446060</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">MiAaPQ</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">20200520144314.0</controlfield><controlfield tag="006">m o d | </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">cr cnu||||||||</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">151130t20162016msua ob 001 0 eng|d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="z">9781496806277 (hardback : alk. paper)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">9781496806291</subfield><subfield code="q">(electronic bk.)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(MiAaPQ)5004446060</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(Au-PeEL)EBL4446060</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(CaPaEBR)ebr11172474</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(CaONFJC)MIL903754</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)931861486</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">MiAaPQ</subfield><subfield code="b">eng</subfield><subfield code="e">rda</subfield><subfield code="e">pn</subfield><subfield code="c">MiAaPQ</subfield><subfield code="d">MiAaPQ</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="043" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">n-us---</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="050" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">PN1995.9.I34</subfield><subfield code="b">K35 2016</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="082" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">791.43/653</subfield><subfield code="2">23</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Kelley, N. Megan,</subfield><subfield code="e">author.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Projections of passing :</subfield><subfield code="b">postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960 /</subfield><subfield code="c">N. Megan Kelley.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">Jackson :</subfield><subfield code="b">University Press of Mississippi,</subfield><subfield code="c">[2016]</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="c">2016</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">1 online resource (289 pages) :</subfield><subfield code="b">illustrations</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">text</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">computer</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">online resource</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="504" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Includes bibliographical references and index.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="520" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">"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 an important theme in Hollywood movies, one that lasted throughout the long 1950s, as it became a metaphor to express postwar anxiety.The potent, imagined fear of passing linked the language and anxieties of identity to other postwar concerns, including cultural obsessions about threats from within. Passing created an epistemological conundrum that threatened to destabilize all forms of identity, not just the longstanding American color line separating white and black. In the imaginative fears of postwar America, identity was under siege on all fronts. Not only were there blacks passing as whites, but women were passing as men, gays passing as straight, communists passing as good Americans, Jews passing as gentiles, and even aliens passing as humans (and vice versa). Fears about communist infiltration, invasion by aliens, collapsing gender and sexual categories, racial ambiguity, and miscegenation made their way into films that featured narratives about passing. N. Megan Kelley shows that these films transcend genre, discussing Gentleman's Agreement, Home of the Brave, Pinky, Island in the Sun, My Son John, Invasion of the Body-Snatchers, I Married a Monster from Outer Space, Rebel without a Cause, Vertigo, All about Eve, and Johnny Guitar, among others.Representations of passing enabled Americans to express anxieties about who they were and who they imagined their neighbors to be. By showing how pervasive the anxiety about passing was, and how it extended to virtually every facet of identity, Projections of Passing broadens the literature on passing in a fundamental way. It also opens up important counter-narratives about postwar America and how the language of identity developed in this critical period of American history"--</subfield><subfield code="c">Provided by publisher.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="588" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Description based on print version record.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="590" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Identity (Psychology) in motion pictures.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Passing (Identity) in motion pictures.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Motion pictures</subfield><subfield code="z">United States</subfield><subfield code="x">History</subfield><subfield code="y">20th century.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="0"><subfield code="a">Motion pictures</subfield><subfield code="x">Social aspects</subfield><subfield code="z">United States.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="655" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Electronic books.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="776" ind1="0" ind2="8"><subfield code="i">Print version:</subfield><subfield code="a">Kelley, N. Megan.</subfield><subfield code="t">Projections of passing : postwar anxieties and Hollywood films, 1947-1960.</subfield><subfield code="d">Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2016]</subfield><subfield code="h">264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm</subfield><subfield code="z">9781496806277</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="797" ind1="2" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">ProQuest (Firm)</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="0"><subfield code="u">https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/oeawat/detail.action?docID=4446060</subfield><subfield code="z">Click to View</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |