Program

Research Programs: Collaborative Research

Period of Performance

6/1/2000 - 5/31/2001

Funding Totals

$40,000.00 (approved)
$40,000.00 (awarded)


IMITATIONS OF LIFE Conference: Race, Gender and Censorship in the Entertainment Industry

FAIN: RZ-20623-00

Princeton University (Princeton, NJ 08540-5228)
Nell I. Painter (Project Director: September 1999 to March 2002)

To support a conference that will explore issues of racial identity, gender, and censorship in the entertainment industry, centered on writer Fannie Hurst's popular novel, IMITATION OF LIFE (1932), and film versions (1934,1959).