{"product_id":"hattie-mcdaniel-black-ambition-white-hollywood-9780060514914","title":"Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom an accomplished historian comes an uncompromising look at the pervasive racism in Hollywood, as seen through the life and times of actress Hattie McDaniel\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHattie McDaniel is best known for her performance as Mammy, the sassy foil to Scarlett O'Hara in the movie classic Gone with the Wind. Her powerful performance won her an Oscar(R) and bolstered the hopes of black Hollywood that the entertainment industry was finally ready to write more multidimensional, fully-realized roles for blacks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But despite this victory, and pleas by organizations such as the NAACP and SAG, roles for blacks continued to denigrate the African American experience. So Hattie McDaniel continued to play servants. “I'd rather play a maid then be a maid,” Hattie McDaniel answered her critics, but her flip response belied a woman who was emotionally conflicted. Here, in an exhaustively detailed and incisive text by a talented historian, is the story of a valiant woman who defied the racism of her time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jill Watts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Amistad Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/06\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.36w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060514914\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e111426 \/ Hattie McDaniel: Black Ambition, White Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatts, Jill:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA professor of history at California State University and the coordinator of the film studies program at California State University, San Marcos, \u003cstrong\u003eJill Watts\u003c\/strong\u003e has written two previous books, \u003cstrong\u003eGod, Harlem U.S.A.: The Father Divine Story\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMae West: An Icon in Black and White\u003c\/strong\u003e. She lives in San Marcos, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Amistad Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43097864896627,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":19.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e0268747-3b5b-4193-9c4b-25491701c570.jpg?v=1748616077","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/hattie-mcdaniel-black-ambition-white-hollywood-9780060514914","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}