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Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls
Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls
Watch It!
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Speculative Film and Moving Images by or about Black Women and Girls: Watch It! examines depictions of African-descended women and girls in twentieth and twenty-first century speculative filmmaking. Topics include a discursive analysis of stereotypes; roles garnered by Halle Berry, the only Black woman to receive an Oscar for Best Actress; the promise of characters, relationships and scripts found in works ranging from Altered Carbon, Lovecraft Country, and HBO's Watchmen series; anda closing chapter that considers the legacy of Black women in Horror. Jeffrey illustrates the ways in which recent texts link this Sci-Fi genre to the trauma endured by people of African descent in the United States of America. In doing so, this book provides a compelling interpretation of popular, prevalent, and recurring images of Black women and girls in American Popular Culture.
By Karima K. Jeffrey, Foreword by Hoda M. Zaki, Afterword by Trudier Harris
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Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 270
Chapter One: Mothers of a New World in Select 20th/21st Century Apocalyptic SF Films Who, Despite Their Promise, Still Appear to be a Mammy, Hagar, or Jezebels Chapter Two: 'Ode to Halle' (But Should This be the Case?): The Face of Black Women in SF Films Chapter Three: Black Love in the World of Speculative Fiction - An Argument for 'Transhumanism' and 'Gynocentric Androgyny' in Altered Carbon, HBO's Watchmen and Lovecraft Country Chapter Four: Black Girl Magic' in A Wrinkle in Time, The Darkest Minds, and Fast Color - Fascinating Telekinetic/Telepathic Beings Chapter Five: What Are We Doing to Our Girls?!?!?-An Examination of Three, Twentieth/Twenty-First Century Black Girl Vampires Who Will Not Only Survive but Possibly Precipitate the Destruction of Humanity Chapter Six: Black Women/Girls in Horror Films-H[er]story is an American Gothic Story of Resiliency, Trauma, Abuse, and Fear
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Author Bio
Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette is associate professor in the English department at Hampton University.