Black Body in Ecstasy - Reading Race, Reading Pornography

Informationen zum Autor Jennifer C. Nash Klappentext Jennifer C. Nash is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women's Studies at George Washington University. Zusammenfassung Rewrites black feminism's theory of representation. This title offers an analysis and that moves beyond black feminism's preoccupation with injury and recovery to consider how racial fictions can create a space of agency and even pleasure for black female subjects. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments vii Introduction. Reading Race, Reading Pornography 1 1. Archives of Pain: Reading the Black Feminist Theoretical Archive 27 2. Speaking Sex / Speaking Race: Lialeh and the Blax-porn-tation Aesthetic 59 3. Race-Pleasures: Sexworld and the Ecstatic Black Female Body 83 4. Laughing Matters: Race-Humor on the Pornographic Screen 107 5. On Refusal: Racial Promises and the Silver Age Screen 128 Conclusion. Reading Ecstasy 146 Notes 153 Bibliography 181 Index 213

Product details

• Authors: Jennifer Nash, Jennifer C Nash, Jennifer C. Nash, Jennifer Christine Nash
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.03.2014
• EAN: 9780822356059
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-5605-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies; Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies: Gruppen, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism, Pop Arts / Pop Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies