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Reel Inequality

Hollywood Actors and Racism

By: Nancy Wang Yuen

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Reel Inequality

Hollywood Actors and Racism

By: Nancy Wang Yuen

When the 2016 Oscar acting nominations all went to whites for the second consecutive year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending topic. Yet these enduring racial biases afflict not only the Academy Awards, but also Hollywood as a whole. Why do actors of color, despite exhibiting talent and bankability, continue to lag behind white actors in presence and prominence? Reel Inequality examines the structural barriers minority actors face in Hollywood, while shedding light on how they survive in a racist industry. The book charts how white male gatekeepers dominate Hollywood, breeding a culture of ethnocentric storytelling and casting. Nancy Wang Yuen interviewed nearly a hundred working actors and drew on published interviews with celebrities, such as Viola Davis, Chris Rock, Gina Rodriguez, Oscar Isaac, Lucy Liu, and Ken Jeong, to explore how racial stereotypes categorize and constrain actors. Their stories reveal the day-to-day racism actors of color experience in talent agents’ offices, at auditions, and on sets. Yuen also exposes sexist hiring and programming practices, highlighting the structural inequalities that actors of color, particularly women, continue to face in Hollywood. This book not only conveys the harsh realities of racial inequality in Hollywood, but also provides vital insights from actors who have succeeded on their own terms, whether by sidestepping the system or subverting it from within. Considering how their struggles impact real-world attitudes about race and diversity, Reel Inequality follows actors of color as they suffer, strive, and thrive in Hollywood.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813586321

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Reel Inequality

Hollywood Actors and Racism

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God's Resistance

Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

By: Brad Christerson,Alexia Salvatierra,Robert Chao Romero,Nancy Wang Yuen

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God's Resistance

Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

By: Brad Christerson,Alexia Salvatierra,Robert Chao Romero,Nancy Wang Yuen

This book explores the power of faith in mobilizing resistance to restrictive immigration policies in the US by analyzing the strategies, successes, and failures of faith-based immigrant rights organizations"--

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NYU Press

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1479816418

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9781479816415

One Quarter of the Nation

Immigration and the Transformation of America

By: Nancy Foner

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One Quarter of the Nation

Immigration and the Transformation of America

By: Nancy Foner

An in-depth look at the many ways immigration has redefined modern America The impact of immigrants over the past half century has become so much a part of everyday life in the United States that we sometimes fail to see it. This deeply researched book by one of America’s leading immigration scholars tells the story of how immigrants are fundamentally changing this country. An astonishing number of immigrants and their children—nearly eighty-six million people—now live in the United States. Together, they have transformed the American experience in profound and far-reaching ways that go to the heart of the country’s identity and institutions. Unprecedented in scope, One Quarter of the Nation traces how immigration has reconfigured America’s racial order—and, importantly, how Americans perceive race—and played a pivotal role in reshaping electoral politics and party alignments. It discusses how immigrants have rejuvenated our urban centers as well as some far-flung rural communities, and examines how they have strengthened the economy, fueling the growth of old industries and spurring the formation of new ones. This wide-ranging book demonstrates how immigration has touched virtually every facet of American culture, from the music we dance to and the food we eat to the films we watch and books we read. One Quarter of the Nation opens a new chapter in our understanding of immigration. While many books look at how America changed immigrants, this one examines how they changed America. It reminds us that immigration has long been a part of American society, and shows how immigrants and their families continue to redefine who we are as a nation.

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Princeton University Press

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0691255350

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9780691255354

Shanghai

By: Lynn Pan,Nancy Johnston

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Shanghai

By: Lynn Pan,Nancy Johnston

Covering all the major sites of the city, this guide offers a broad range of practical information, such as how to pronounce Chinese names, where to shop, advice on conducting business, and suggested excursions outside the city. Also included are excerpts from literature on Shanghai by such noted writers as Nien Cheng, Anchee Min, Orville Schell, and J.G. Ballard. 39 illustrations, 7 maps.

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Contemporary Books

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0844247693

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God's Resistance

Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

By: Brad Christerson,Alexia Salvatierra,Robert Chao Romero,Nancy Wang Yuen

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Mobilizing Faith to Defend Immigrants

By: Brad Christerson,Alexia Salvatierra,Robert Chao Romero,Nancy Wang Yuen

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