Envisioning Black Feminist Voodoo Aesthetics: African Spirituality in American Cinema
By integrating eight contemporary American films to determine the role the use of Voodoo in popular representations in the construction of black female imaginaries, this book evaluates the employment of Voodoo aesthetics to reenact black women's spirituality on screen by engaging with themes su...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Lanham, MD
Lexington Books
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Series/Journal: | Black Diasporic Worlds: Origins and Evolutions from New World Slaving
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Angel Heart (Film)
/ Dash, Julie 1952-
/ Softley, Iain 1958-
/ Film
B USA / Film / Voodooism (Motif) / History 1930-2005 |
| Further subjects: | B
Electronic books
B Vodou in motion pictures |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | By integrating eight contemporary American films to determine the role the use of Voodoo in popular representations in the construction of black female imaginaries, this book evaluates the employment of Voodoo aesthetics to reenact black women's spirituality on screen by engaging with themes such as sexuality, agency, and cultural appropriation. Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Vintage Hollywood Voodoo -- 2 Mambos, Chickens, and Blood -- 3 For Us, By Us -- 4 Subversion and Entertainment -- 5 Voodoo in Disneyland? -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author. |
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| ISBN: | 1498523293 |