Precious

ISBN-13: 9781032209487 / Miękka / 2023 / 114 str.

Katherine Whitehurst

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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.