Tragic no more [electronic resource] : mixed-race women and the nexus of sex and celebrity / Caroline A. Streeter.
Material type: TextPublication details: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (176 p.)ISBN:- 9781613762257
- 1613762259
- 810.9/3522 23
- PS231.R32 S77 2012
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Essie Mae Washington-Williams's secrets and Strom Thurmond's lies -- The wedding's black/white women in prime time -- Sex and femininity in Danzy Senna's novels -- Faking the funk? Mariah Carey, Alicia Keys, and the politics of passing -- From tragedy to triumph: Dorothy Dandridge, Halle Berry, and the search for a Black screen goddess -- High (mulatto) hopes: the rise and fall of Philippa Schuyler -- Afterword.
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