Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era

by Milly S. Barranger and Thomas M. Disch

Book Overview

Unfriendly Witnesses: Gender, Theater, and Film in the McCarthy Era examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era "witch hunts" for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the entertainment industry: Judy Holliday, Anne Revere, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Webster, Mady Christians, and Kim Hunter.

The effects on women of the anti-Communist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809328763
• ISBN13: 9780809328765
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"