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Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film

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Description for Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film Paperback. Accessible, theoretical readings of popular African American women film icons Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.

This insightful study places African American women's stardom in historical and industrial contexts by examining the star personae of five African American women: Dorothy Dandridge, Pam Grier, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and Halle Berry. Interpreting each woman's celebrity as predicated on a brand of charismatic authority, Mia Mask shows how these female stars have ultimately complicated the conventional discursive practices through which blackness and womanhood have been represented in commercial cinema, independent film, and network television.

Mask examines the function of these stars in seminal yet underanalyzed films. She considers Dandridge's status as a sexual commodity in films such as Tamango, ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076190
SKU
V9780252076190
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About Mia Mask
 Mia Mask is an associate professor of film at Vassar College.

Reviews for Divas on Screen: Black Women in American Film
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2011. "[A] remarkable, straightforward book. . . . Mask interrogates the star personae of each of her subjects with a rigor that is unique and as refreshing as it is accessible and well written.  Mask's cultural critique of her subjects and the world in which they operate resonates long after one has finished ... Read more

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