Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics: African spirituality in American cinema
Introduction: Towards a Black feminist voodoo aesthetic -- Vintage Hollywood voodoo: the Black priestess in 1930s cinema -- Mambos, chickens, and blood: disrupting visual pleasure in Alan Parker's Angel heart -- For us, by us: Black feminist narratives of resistance in the independent films of...
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado em: |
Lanham Boulder New York London
Lexington Books
[2016]
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| Em: | Ano: 2016 |
| Coletânea / Revista: | Black diasporic worlds: origins and evolutions from new world slaving
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| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Angel Heart (Filme)
/ Dash, Julie 1952-
/ Softley, Iain 1958-
/ Filme
B USA / Filme / Vodu (Motivo) / História 1930-2005 |
| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Religion in motion pictures
B Feminism and motion pictures B Motion Pictures Religious aspects B Feminist Criticism (United States) B Motion Pictures Social aspects (United States) B Motion Pictures (United States) History B African Americans and mass media B Vodou in motion pictures |
| Resumo: | Introduction: Towards a Black feminist voodoo aesthetic -- Vintage Hollywood voodoo: the Black priestess in 1930s cinema -- Mambos, chickens, and blood: disrupting visual pleasure in Alan Parker's Angel heart -- For us, by us: Black feminist narratives of resistance in the independent films of Julie Dash and Kasi Lemmons -- Subversion and entertainment: elegba, trickery, and Black female absence in the Skeleton key -- Voodoo in Disneyland?: spiritual appropriation by the mouse; or imagineered voodoo aesthetics -- Epilogue: "Good wickedry": Beyoncé and the Black feminist voodoo aesthetics of Lemonade |
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| Descrição do item: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1498523307 |