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Alphabetically arranged biographical and topical entries cover the treatment and progress of African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Jewish Americans, and Native Americans in motion pictures and television.
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Booklist Review
What do the movies Hondo, I Passed for White, and The Mark of Zorro have in common? All feature white actors portraying ethnic characters. This was a common practice in Hollywood in the past, as was the use of ethnic actors portraying characters of another ethnicity (for example, Hispanic American actors passing as Native Americans). It continues to this day, although to a lesser degree. Arranged in five sections corresponding to major ethnic groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Jewish Americans, and Native Americans ), this encyclopedia examines the stereotypes and treatment of such groups in movies and television. More than 1,200 entries cover movies and television programs, actors, themes, and specific genres. Each movie or television listing begins with the name, year, director, screenplay, and cast list. This is followed by a plot summary and some discussion of major themes and significance. The entries for actors give birth and death dates, followed by biographical material, including a list of roles. Information is generally current and in some cases mentions 2003 films that have not yet been released, although the entry for Salma Hayek does not include her role in Frida in 2002. Thematic entries in each section discuss genres, such as combat films, situation comedies, and science fiction series; directors; impersonations; and pressure groups. Each of the sections also has entries related to specific themes or character types, such as Anti-Semitism, Blackface, Geishas, and Half-breed. The encyclopedia concludes with a bibliography and an extensive index. The topic of this encyclopedia has been mined before in such titles as Blacks in American Films and Television: An Encyclopedia (Garland, 1988) and Hispanics in Hollywood: An Encyclopedia of Film and Television (Garland, 1994). But this work brings the topic to bear on five ethnic groups in an accessible, clearly written manner that will be helpful for anyone interested in learning more about the subject. It will be a useful overview for both academic and public libraries, particularly those with ethnic or film collections. -- RBB Copyright 2003 Booklist
Choice Review
This exhaustive resource documents five major ethnic minority groups (African Americans, Native Americans, Jewish-Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans) and their contributions to the American film and television industry. Paramount to the book's achievement is its abandonment of a placid encyclopedic and panoramic history of minorities in Hollywood to offer balanced commentary in the context of racism, stereotypes, and bigotry practiced by the US entertainment industry, and its provision of entries for breakthrough films and actors who shattered fixed attitudes. Presented in an alphabetic format, each comprehensive section details landmark films, movies, television series, and biographical entries covering key themes, genres, and fictional characters. A well-organized bibliography of newspapers, books, and Internet sites and a complete index provide extensive help for students, researchers, and general readers who will find this resource a useful introduction to the history and criticism of the film and television industry in the US. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. General and academic libraries. P. M. Adams Nova Southeastern University
Library Journal Review
The prolific Parish adds to his lengthy collection of film reference works (Today's Black Hollywood) this handy guide to ethnic television and movies, spanning the stereotypical to the breakthrough roles and films of the silent era to the present. The book is divided into five sections corresponding to five distinct ethnicities: African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, Jewish Americans, and Native Americans. Within each section are alphabetical entries (1,611 in total) on individual films, TV shows, performers, characters, and special topics (e.g., cooking series, historical dramas). These are well written, balanced, and insightful, and most run roughly half a page long and underscore the significance of the subject in ethnic film history. Several internal cross references and a detailed index make locating information simple, although it is easy to skip into the wrong section accidentally. Including 100 small, black-and-white photos and an excellent bibliography, this volume especially shines in its up-to-the-minute entries (2003 films are occasionally cited), rare in reference works. Numerous other excellent titles focus on specific ethnic groups-e.g., Jacquelyn Kilpatrick's Celluloid Indians, Donald Bogle's Blacks in American Films and Television, Patricia Erens's The Jew in American Cinema, Luis Reyes and Peter Rubie's Hispanics in Hollywood, and Jun Xing's Asian America Through the Lens-but Parish's book is extremely welcome for combining information on these disparate groups. Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries.-Anthony J. Adam, Prairie View A&M Univ., TX (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.