Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W1496023786> ?p ?o ?g. }
Showing items 1 to 69 of
69
with 100 items per page.
- W1496023786 abstract "In the 1950s Hollywood studios were virtually lilywhite but by the 1970s African Americans had entered several motion-picture occupations. This paper looks at the racial transformation of the movie industry – echoing, as it does, many of the changes going on in industrial America as a result of the 1964 Civil Rights Act which forbad discrimination in employment. Hollywood’s old racial order collapsed unevenly: black actors made gains while most of the organised resistance to change came from craft and technical workers. Paul Newman, Marlon Brando, and others, met Martin Luther King in Los Angeles, and many actors took part in the 1963 Civil Rights demonstration in Washington DC. In contrast, studio locals of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) tried to restrict black entry for a number of years. This paper looks beyond simplistic and misleading comparisons between the supposed ‘liberalism’ of the talent guilds – actors, musicians, screenwriters, and directors -- and the ‘unthinking racism’ of blue-collar workers in explaining the differing responses to African-American demands for jobs in the industry. The paper makes two broad arguments. Firstly, that in order to answer the question how and why the racial order collapsed we need to remember employers’ responsibility for the social organisation of the workplace. We hear a good deal about the working class buying in to racism – “the wages of whiteness” thesis – but labour history has lost sight of what we might call the ‘profits of prejudice.’ Secondly, how the existing racial pattern unravelled is, in large measure, determined by its prior historical construction. In other words, how the movie industry’s racial order disintegrated in the mid 1960s is profoundly influenced by the way it was assembled in the Los Angeles of the early twentieth century. Attention will focus on such issues as the movie moguls’ role in the development of a racial hierarchy, black culture as a commodity, the impact of the Hollywood Blacklist, the seniority system and the post-war decline in employment, and the strategy of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People." @default.
- W1496023786 created "2016-06-24" @default.
- W1496023786 creator A5070668878 @default.
- W1496023786 date "2008-02-28" @default.
- W1496023786 modified "2023-09-24" @default.
- W1496023786 title "Studio labour, civil rights, and the collapse of Hollywood's racial order, 1963-1974" @default.
- W1496023786 hasPublicationYear "2008" @default.
- W1496023786 type Work @default.
- W1496023786 sameAs 1496023786 @default.
- W1496023786 citedByCount "0" @default.
- W1496023786 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
- W1496023786 hasAuthorship W1496023786A5070668878 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C10138342 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C107993555 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C139838865 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C142362112 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C153349607 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C162324750 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C17744445 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C182306322 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C199539241 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C2779732396 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C2780458788 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C45012715 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C52119013 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConcept C95457728 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C10138342 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C107993555 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C139838865 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C142362112 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C144024400 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C153349607 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C162324750 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C17744445 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C182306322 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C199539241 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C2779732396 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C2780458788 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C45012715 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C52119013 @default.
- W1496023786 hasConceptScore W1496023786C95457728 @default.
- W1496023786 hasLocation W14960237861 @default.
- W1496023786 hasOpenAccess W1496023786 @default.
- W1496023786 hasPrimaryLocation W14960237861 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W1576071481 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W178409843 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W191738589 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W193316886 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W1982678436 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W2102820669 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W2110742491 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W2111635846 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W222877179 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W2340785298 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W2417065168 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W2583322907 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W2606660731 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W3003536828 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W337666149 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W393304494 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W776360179 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W2562866473 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W3122531571 @default.
- W1496023786 hasRelatedWork W3125488857 @default.
- W1496023786 isParatext "false" @default.
- W1496023786 isRetracted "false" @default.
- W1496023786 magId "1496023786" @default.
- W1496023786 workType "article" @default.