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Where no Black woman has gone before : subversive portrayals in speculative film and TV
- Title
- Where no Black woman has gone before : subversive portrayals in speculative film and TV / Diana Adesola Mafe.
- Author
- Mafe, Diana Adesola
- Publication
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2018.
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 173 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- When Lieutenant Uhura took her place on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek, the actress Nichelle Nichols went where no African American woman has ever gone before. Yet several decades passed before many other black women began playing significant roles in speculative (i.e. science fiction, fantasy, and horror) film and television--a troubling omission, given that these genres offer significant opportunities for reinventing social constructs such as race, gender, and class. Challenging cinema's history of stereotyping or erasing black women on-screen, Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before showcases twenty-first-century examples that portray them as central figures of action and agency--back cover.
- Subject
- 2000-2099
- Women, Black, in motion pictures
- Women on television
- Black people on television
- Sex role in motion pictures
- Sex role on television
- Science fiction films > History and criticism
- Fantasy films > History and criticism
- Horror films > History and criticism
- Science fiction television programs > History and criticism
- Horror television programs > History and criticism
- Fantasy television programs > History and criticism
- Motion pictures > History > 21st century
- Television programs > History > 21st century
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : to boldly go -- Seeking a friend for the end of the world : 28 Days Later -- Last one standing : Alien vs. Predator -- The black Madonna : Children of Men -- Thank heaven for little girls : Beasts of the Southern Wild -- Intergalactic companions : Firefly and Doctor Who -- Coda : final frontiers.
- Call Number
- Sc E 18-595
- ISBN
- 9781477315224
- 1477315225
- 9781477315231
- 1477315233
- 9781477315248 (canceled/invalid)
- 9781477315255 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2017021809
- 40027901551
- OCLC
- 987070578
- Author
- Mafe, Diana Adesola, author.
- Title
- Where no Black woman has gone before : subversive portrayals in speculative film and TV / Diana Adesola Mafe.
- Publisher
- Austin, TX : University of Texas Press, 2018.
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 2000-2099
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40027901551
- Sudoc No.
- Z UA380.8 M269wh txdocs
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 18-595