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African American Women and Sexuality in the Cinema
Author: Manatu, Norma; Introduction: Bader, Kwyn Durrell
Paperback; Photographs, Tables, References, Bibliography, Ind
224 pages
Published: November 2002
McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0786414316

This work focuses on the sexual objectification of African American women in film from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Critics of the negative sexual imagery have long speculated that controlby African American filmmakers would change how African American women are depicted. This work examines sixteen films made by males both white and black to see how the imagery might vary with the race of the filmmaker.Four dimensions are given special attention: the diversity of the women's roles and relationships with men, the sexual attitudes of the African American female characters, their attitudes towards men, and their nonverbal and verbal sexual behaviors.This work focuses on the sexual objectification of African American women in film from the 1980s to the early 2000s. It examines 16 films made by males both white and black to see how the imagery might vary with the race of the filmmaker. Both verbal and non-verbal sexual behaviours are covered.


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