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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807406303321

Autore

Foster Gwendolyn Audrey

Titolo

Women filmmakers of the African and Asian diaspora [[electronic resource] ] : decolonizing the gaze, locating subjectivity / / Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, 2008, c1997

ISBN

1-299-13249-9

0-8093-8094-3

1-4416-1935-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (194 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/0233/092273

Soggetti

Women motion picture producers and directors

African American motion picture producers and directors

Asian American motion picture producers and directors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 1997. Reprinted 2008"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Zeinabu Irene Davis: ""Constructing an oppositional gaze""; 3. Ngozi Onwurah: ""A different concept and agenda""; 4. Julie Dash: ""I think we need to do more than try to document history""; Gallery; 5. Pratibha Parmar: ""An assault on racism, sexism, and homophobia""; 6. Trinh T. Minh-ha: ""An empowering notion of difference""; 7. Mira Nair: ""To be mixed is the new world order""; 8. Other Voices; Works Cited; Film and Video Rentals; Index; Author Bio; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Black women filmmakers not only deserve an audience, Gwendolyn Audrey Foster asserts, but it is also imperative that their voices be heard as they struggle against Hollywood's constructions of spectatorship, ownership, and the creative and distribution aspects of filmmaking.Foster provides a voice for Black and Asian women in the first detailed examination of the works of six contemporary Black and Asian women filmmakers. She also includes a detailed introduction and a chapter entitled ""Other Voices,"" documenting the work of other Black and Asian filmmakers.Foster