Through an analysis of filmic representations of Black femininity, and the Black Femme in particular, this book highlights the ways "the cinematic" structures both racist and sexist portrayals, and their potential undoing.
Through an analysis of filmic representations of Black femininity, and the Black Femme in particular, this book highlights the ways "the cinematic" structures both racist and sexist portrayals, and their potential undoing.
Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Another Litany for Survival 1 1. The Image of Common Sense 11 2. In the Interval 27 3. “In Order to Move Forward”: Common-Sense Black Nationalism and Haile Gerima’s Sankofa 45 4. “We’ll Just Have to Get Guns and Be Men”: The Cinematic Appearance of Black Revolutionary Women 68 5. “A Black Belt in Bar Stool”: Blaxploitation, Surplus, and The L Word 95 6. “What’s Up With That? She Don’t Talk?”: Set It Off’s Black Lesbian Butch-Femme 118 7. Reflections on the Black Femme’s Role in the [Re]production of Cinematic Reality: The Case of Eve’s Bayou 138 Notes 159 Bibliography 195 Index 203
Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Another Litany for Survival 1 1. The Image of Common Sense 11 2. In the Interval 27 3. “In Order to Move Forward”: Common-Sense Black Nationalism and Haile Gerima’s Sankofa 45 4. “We’ll Just Have to Get Guns and Be Men”: The Cinematic Appearance of Black Revolutionary Women 68 5. “A Black Belt in Bar Stool”: Blaxploitation, Surplus, and The L Word 95 6. “What’s Up With That? She Don’t Talk?”: Set It Off’s Black Lesbian Butch-Femme 118 7. Reflections on the Black Femme’s Role in the [Re]production of Cinematic Reality: The Case of Eve’s Bayou 138 Notes 159 Bibliography 195 Index 203
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