White Lies and Allies in Contemporary Black Media

ISBN-13: 9781032271743 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 232 str.

USA) Rutter Emily Ruth (Ball State University

Opis

This book considers the ways in which Black directors, screenwriters, and showrunners contend with the figure of the would-be White ally in contemporary film and television.

Spis treści

1. Ally Betrayal: The Performance of White Wokeness in Jordan Peele’s Get Out  2. ‘Skin in the Game’: Black Empowerment and White Antiracist Identity Development in Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman  3. Black Gazes and White Women: Reconfiguring the Female Foursome Formula in Issa Rae’s Insecure and Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It  4. Ally Satire and Accountability in Justin Simien’s Dear White People