ABSTRACT
Off-White Hollywood investigates how the 'ethnicity' of white European-American actresses has played a key role in the mythology of American identity and nation building. Negra focuses on key stars of the silent - Colleen Moore and Pola Negri - classical - Sonja Henie and Hedy Lamarr - and post-classical eras - Marisa Tomei and Cher - to demonstrate how each star illuminates aspects of ethnicity, gender, consumerism, and class at work in American culture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 2|30 pages
THE WEARING OF THE GREEN
Irishness as a promotional discourse in the career of Colleen Moore
chapter 5|33 pages
ETHNICITY AND THE INTERVENTIONIST IMAGINATION
Domesticity, exoticism and scandal in the persona of Hedy Lamarr
