Katherine Whitehurst

Precious (eBook, PDF)

Identity, Adaptation and the African-American Youth Film

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Examining how the discourses of youth, race, poverty and identity take shape when Push is adapted to the big screen, this book brings together valuable research to delve into representations of African-American girlhood.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134813148
• Artikelnr.: 63149598

Autorenporträt

Katherine Whitehurst is a lecturer in media and film at the University of Liverpool. Her research centres on adaptation; fairy tales; child, youth and age studies; screen and literature; girlhood and identity; cultural memory; feminism; and gender.

Inhaltsangabe

Precious: An Introduction 1 Adapting Push to Precious 2 Precious and the
Conventions of Youth Films 3 Precious and Narratives of Girlhood (Denied) 4
Precious' Critical Reception and the Landscape of Colour-blind Racism
Conclusion