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Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls: Watch It!
Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls: Watch It!
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Watch It! explores depictions of African-descended women and girls in speculative filmmaking in the 20th and 21st centuries, including stereotypes, roles, and the legacy of Black women in Horror. It provides a compelling interpretation of popular, prevalent, and recurring images of Black women and girls in American Popular Culture.
Format: Hardback
Length: 268 pages
Publication date: 15 January 2023
Publisher: Lexington Books
Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls: Watch It! delves into the portrayal of African-descended women and girls in twentieth and twenty-first-century speculative filmmaking. This comprehensive exploration encompasses a range of topics, including a discursive analysis of stereotypes, the remarkable achievements of Halle Berry, the only Black woman to receive an Oscar for Best Actress, the potential of characters, relationships, and scripts found in diverse works such as Altered Carbon, Lovecraft Country, and HBO's Watchmen series, and a concluding chapter that examines the enduring legacy of Black women in the Horror genre. Through meticulous illustrations, Jeffrey highlights the connections between this Sci-Fi genre and the trauma experienced by individuals of African descent in the United States. As a result, this book offers a compelling interpretation of prevalent and recurring images of Black women and girls in American Popular Culture.
Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls: Watch It! delves into the portrayal of African-descended women and girls in twentieth and twenty-first-century speculative filmmaking. This comprehensive exploration encompasses a range of topics, including a discursive analysis of stereotypes, the remarkable achievements of Halle Berry, the only Black woman to receive an Oscar for Best Actress, the potential of characters, relationships, and scripts found in diverse works such as Altered Carbon, Lovecraft Country, and HBO's Watchmen series, and a concluding chapter that examines the enduring legacy of Black women in the Horror genre. Through meticulous illustrations, Jeffrey highlights the connections between this Sci-Fi genre and the trauma experienced by individuals of African descent in the United States. As a result, this book offers a compelling interpretation of prevalent and recurring images of Black women and girls in American Popular Culture.
Weight: 549g
Dimension: 232 x 160 x 22 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781793627032
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