Dark of the World, Shine on Us: The Redemption of Blackness in Ryan Coogler's Black Panther
Directed by Ryan Coogler, the film Black Panther portrays the heroes of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda as godlike. They possess otherworldly sophistication by virtue of their blackness, in contrast to longstanding tendencies in mainstream film toward tokenism, stereotyping, and victimhood...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 10, Pages: 1-15 |
Further subjects: | B
Afrofuturism
B Post-colonialism B Blackness B Superheroes B Film B Race B Science fiction B Popular Culture B Gender B Black Theology |
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