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Queer African cinemas / Lindsey B. Green-Simms.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green-Simms, Lindsey B., 1978- author.
- Series:
- A Camera Obscura Book
- a Camera Obscura book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Homosexuality in motion pictures.
- Homosexuality and motion pictures--Africa.
- Homosexuality and motion pictures.
- Gay people in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Africa--History and criticism.
- Motion pictures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- "In Queer African Cinemas, Lindsey B. Green-Simms examines films produced by and about queer Africans in the first two decades of the twenty-first century in an environment of increasing anti-queer violence, efforts to criminalize homosexuality, and other state-sanctioned homophobia. Green-Simms argues that these films not only record the fear, anxiety, and vulnerability many queer Africans experience; they highlight how queer African cinematic practices contribute to imagining new hopes and possibilities. Examining globally circulating international art films as well as popular melodramas made for local audiences, Green-Simms emphasizes that in these films queer resistance-contrary to traditional narratives about resistance that center overt and heroic struggle-is often practiced from a position of vulnerability. By reading queer films alongside discussions about censorship and audiences, Green-Simms renders queer African cinema as a rich visual archive that documents the difficulty of queer existence as well as the potentials for queer life-building and survival"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Registering Resistance: The Pluralities and Possibilities of Queer African Cinemas
- Making Waves: Queer Eccentricity and West African Wayward Women
- Touching Nollywood: From Negation to Negotiation in Queer Nigerian Cinema
- Cutting Masculinities: Post-Apartheid South African Cinema
- Holding Space, Saving Joy: Queer Love and Critical Resilience in East Africa
- Coda: Queer Cinema's Destiny (a view from 2020).
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781478093657
- 147809365X
- 9781478022633
- 1478022639
- OCLC:
- 1290851830
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