PostNegritude visual and literary culture / Mark A. Reid. [electronic resource]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Mark (Mark A.)

Series:

The SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people and mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 146 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c1997.

Summary:

In the 1960s and 1970s, the civil rights movement and other national and cultural movements fractured dominant paradigms of American identity and demanded a reformulation of American values and norms. This book borrows the moral, ethical, and political purposes of these movements to show how film, literature, photography, and television news broadcasts construct essentialist myths about race, gender, sexuality, and nation. It also examines how some visual and literary works and public reactions challenge these essentialist myths by exploring racial, sexual, and national anxieties.

Contents:

[ch]. 1. Postnegritude and critical theory

[ch]. 2. Negritude to postnegritude

[ch]. 3. Black masculinity of the negritude

[ch]. 4. Renegotiating black masculinity

[ch]. 5. Black women and interracial love.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index.

ISBN:

1-4384-1705-5

0-585-07662-6