Reel inequality : Hollywood actors and racism /
Yuen, Nancy Wang, 1976-
Reel inequality : Hollywood actors and racism / Nancy Wang Yuen. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Hollywood's whitest -- Hollywood's colorblind racism -- Hollywood's typecasting -- Hollywood's double bind -- Surviving Hollywood -- Challenging Hollywood -- Diversifying Hollywood
Not only are #OscarsSoWhite, but white male gatekeepers dominate Hollywood, breeding a culture of ethnocentric storytelling and casting. Reel Inequality examines the structural barriers actors of color face in Hollywood, while shedding light on how they survive in a racist industry. Through nearly a hundred interviews with working actors, Nancy Wang Yuen reveals the biases they experience in talent agents' offices, at auditions, and on sets, yet also provides vital insights from actors of color who have succeeded on their own terms.
9780813586311 9780813586328
Minorities in the motion picture industry--United States.
Motion picture industry--Employees.--United States
Race discrimination--United States.
Discrimination in employment--United States.
Electronic Books.
PN1995 / .R445 2017
Reel inequality : Hollywood actors and racism / Nancy Wang Yuen. - New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, (c)2017. - 1 online resource (xi, 208 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographies and index.
Hollywood's whitest -- Hollywood's colorblind racism -- Hollywood's typecasting -- Hollywood's double bind -- Surviving Hollywood -- Challenging Hollywood -- Diversifying Hollywood
Not only are #OscarsSoWhite, but white male gatekeepers dominate Hollywood, breeding a culture of ethnocentric storytelling and casting. Reel Inequality examines the structural barriers actors of color face in Hollywood, while shedding light on how they survive in a racist industry. Through nearly a hundred interviews with working actors, Nancy Wang Yuen reveals the biases they experience in talent agents' offices, at auditions, and on sets, yet also provides vital insights from actors of color who have succeeded on their own terms.
9780813586311 9780813586328
Minorities in the motion picture industry--United States.
Motion picture industry--Employees.--United States
Race discrimination--United States.
Discrimination in employment--United States.
Electronic Books.
PN1995 / .R445 2017