A Piece of the Action: Race and Labor in Post-Civil Rights Hollywood

Author/Contributor(s):	Quinn, Eithne
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Date:	12/31/2019
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

Eithne Quinn reveals how Hollywood catalyzed racial politics in the decade after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, through representation on screen as well as in battles over jobs and resources behind the scenes. Based on extensive archival research and detailed discussions of films, this book examines the limits of Hollywood liberalism.