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Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance

Title
  1. Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance / Christina N. Baker.
Published by
  1. Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
  2. ©2018
Author
  1. Baker, Christina N.

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Description
  1. xii, 195 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Summary
  1. "An analysis of the films of Black women directors--including Ava DuVernay, Tanya Hamilton, Dee Rees, Kasi Lemmons, and Gina Prince-Bythewood--the book examines how contemporary Black women filmmakers engage in acts of resistance through their filmmaking, using a theoretical lens at the intersection of Black feminism and womanism"--
Series statement
  1. Black performance and cultural criticism
Uniform title
  1. Black performance and cultural criticism.
Subject
  1. Women, Black, in motion pictures
  2. African American women motion picture producers and directors
  3. Women, Black
  4. Black people > Race identity
  5. Womanism
  6. Feminism
  7. Blacks > Race identity
Contents
  1. Introduction : Becoming visible -- Unicorns : Black women filmmakers -- Work as passion : Love & basketball and Beyond the lights -- Y'all are my children : Eve's bayou and Night catches us -- Rebellious love : Middle of nowhere and Pariah -- Transformative beauty -- Appendices. Appendix A : Narrative feature films by Black women -- Appendix B : Tanya Hamilton interview -- Appendix C : Kasi Lemmons interview -- Appendix D : Gina Prince-Bythewood interview.
Call number
  1. Sc E 19-42
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.
Author
  1. Baker, Christina N., author.
Title
  1. Contemporary Black women filmmakers and the art of resistance / Christina N. Baker.
Publisher
  1. Columbus : The Ohio State University Press, [2018]
Copyright date
  1. ©2018
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Series
  1. Black performance and cultural criticism
  2. Black performance and cultural criticism.
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-189) and index.
Local subject
  1. Black author.
LCCN
  1. 2018022022
Other standard identifier
  1. 40028643319
ISBN
  1. 9780814213827 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
  2. 0814213820 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
  3. 9780814254998 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
  4. 0814254993 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
  5. 9780814276587 (electronic book)
  6. 081427658X
Research call number
  1. Sc E 19-42
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