Mills, Brandale N.,
Black women filmmakers and black love on screen / Brandale Mills. - 1 online resource. - Routledge transformations in race and media .
"Routledge Focus."--on cover.
This book offers a thorough analysis of how romantic love between Black men and women (referred to here as Black Love) is portrayed in Hollywood films, specifically from the perspective of Black female filmmakers. Using historical and contemporary images of Black female representation in the media as a foundation, the main themes of this text focus on the male gazes' influence on Hollywood narratives, the necessity for the Black female perspective in Hollywood, and that perspective's influence on ideologies and narratives.
9780429469350 0429469357 9780429890512 0429890516 9780429890499 0429890494 9780429890505 0429890508
Women, Black, in motion pictures.
African American women motion picture producers and directors.
African American women artists.
Women, Black.
Blacks--Race identity.
Romance films.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African-American Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
PN1995.9.N4
791.43/652996073
Black women filmmakers and black love on screen / Brandale Mills. - 1 online resource. - Routledge transformations in race and media .
"Routledge Focus."--on cover.
This book offers a thorough analysis of how romantic love between Black men and women (referred to here as Black Love) is portrayed in Hollywood films, specifically from the perspective of Black female filmmakers. Using historical and contemporary images of Black female representation in the media as a foundation, the main themes of this text focus on the male gazes' influence on Hollywood narratives, the necessity for the Black female perspective in Hollywood, and that perspective's influence on ideologies and narratives.
9780429469350 0429469357 9780429890512 0429890516 9780429890499 0429890494 9780429890505 0429890508
Women, Black, in motion pictures.
African American women motion picture producers and directors.
African American women artists.
Women, Black.
Blacks--Race identity.
Romance films.
PERFORMING ARTS / Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African-American Studies
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies
PN1995.9.N4
791.43/652996073