Reel Inequality : : Hollywood Actors and Racism / / Nancy Wang Yuen.

When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Awards, but also Hollywood as a whole. Why do actors of color, despite exhibiting talent and bankability, c...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter RUP eBook-Package 2016
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Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.) :; 6 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Hollywood'S Whitest
  • 2. Hollywood'S Colorblind Racism
  • 3. Hollywood'S Typecasting
  • 4. Hollywood'S Double Bind
  • 5. Surviving Hollywood
  • 6. Challenging Hollywood
  • 7. Diversifying Hollywood
  • Appendix A: Media Advocacy Organizations
  • Appendix B: Methods
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About The Author