Black women filmmakers and black love on screen / Brandale Mills.
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TextSeries: Publisher: New York, NY ; Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2019Description: 1 online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780429469350; 0429469357; 9780429890512; 0429890516; 9780429890499; 0429890494; 9780429890505; 0429890508Subject(s): 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 StudiesDDC classification: 791.43/652996073 LOC classification: PN1995.9.N4Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement Summary: 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.
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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.
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