Reel inequality : Hollywood actors and racism / Nancy Wang Yuen.

By:

Yuen, Nancy Wang, 1976- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780813586311
9780813586328

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PN1995 .R445 2017

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Contents:

Hollywood's whitest -- Hollywood's colorblind racism -- Hollywood's typecasting -- Hollywood's double bind -- Surviving Hollywood -- Challenging Hollywood -- Diversifying Hollywood

Subject: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PN1995.9.56 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn970042667

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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.

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