Fear of the Dark: 'Race', Gender and Sexuality in the Cinema

ISBN-13: 9780415097109 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 232 str.

Lola Young;Young Lola

Opis

By closely examining a number of films the author develops a critical perspective on the film portrayal of black female sexuality and questions the extent to which black film makers have challenged stereotypes.

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Themes and issues; Chapter 2 Notes on the discourse of ‘race’; Chapter 3 Imperial culture: the primitive, the savage and white civilization; Chapter 4 ‘Miscegenation’ and the perils of ‘passing’; Chapter 5 Family life; Chapter 6 Representing reality and ‘the black experience’ in 1970s Britain; Chapter 7 British cinema into the 1980s; Chapter 8 ‘Race’, identity and cultural criticism;

O autorze

Lola Young is a former professional actress and currently is Principal Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at Middlesex University.