Visitation : the conjure work of black feminist avant-garde cinema / Jennifer DeClue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeClue, Jennifer, 1971- author.

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Womanism--United States.

Womanism.

Feminism and motion pictures--United States.

Feminism and motion pictures.

Experimental films--United States.

Experimental films.

African American women motion picture producers and directors.

African American feminists.

Women, Black, in motion pictures.

Feminist film criticism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 228 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

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Summary:

"In Visitation, Jennifer DeClue shows how Black feminist avant-garde filmmakers draw from historical archives in order to visualize and reckon with violence suffered by Black women in the United States. DeClue argues that these filmmakers-including Kara Walker, Kara Lynch, Tourmaline, and Ja'Tovia Gary-create spaces of mourning and reckoning, rather than voyeurism and pornotropy. Through their use of editing, performance, and cinematic experimentation, these filmmakers intervene in the production of Blackness and activate new ways of seeing Black women and telling their stories. Theorizing these films as a form of conjure work, DeClue shows how these filmmakers raise the specters of Black women from the past and invite them to reveal history from their point of view. In so doing, Black feminist avant-garde filmmakers channel spirits that haunt archives and create cinematic arenas for witnessing Black women battling for survival during pivotal and exceedingly violent moments in US history. Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award recipient."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Archive and the Silhouette : Framing Black Feminist Avant-Garde Cinema

Reckoning at the Bridge : Space and The Archive of Laura Nelson

Carrying the Knowledge/Performing the Archive : An Afternoon with Marsha P. Johnson

Ecstasy and the Archive : A Black Feminist Phenomenology of Freedom.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: DeClue, Jennifer, 1971- Visitation.

ISBN:

9781478023791

1478023791

9781478093015

1478093013

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.