1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910961434403321

Autore

Dunn Stephane <1967->

Titolo

"Baad bitches" and sassy supermamas : Black power action films / / Stephane Dunn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2008

ISBN

9780252091049

0252091043

9781283986496

1283986493

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

New black studies series

Disciplina

791.43/652996073

Soggetti

Blaxploitation films - United States - History and criticism

Action and adventure films - United States - History and criticism

African American women heroes in motion pictures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-156) and index.

Nota di contenuto

front cover -- copyright -- TOC -- intro -- chapter 1 -- notes -- bibliography -- index -- back cover.

Sommario/riassunto

Blaxploitation action narratives as well as politically radical films like Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song typically portrayed black women as trifling "bitches" compared to the supermacho black male heroes. But starting in 1973, the emergence of "baad bitches" and "sassy supermamas" reversed the trend as self-assured, empowered, and tough black women took the lead in the films Cleopatra Jones, Coffy, and Foxy Brown.   Stephane Dunn unpacks the intersecting racial, sexual, and gender politics underlying the representations of racialized bodies, masculinities, and femininities in early 1970s black action films, with particular focus on the representation of black femininity. Recognizing a distinct moment in the history of African American representation in popular cinema, Dunn analyzes how it emerged from a radical political era influenced by the Black Power movement and feminism. Dunn also engages blaxploitation's legacy in contemporary hip-hop culture, as suggested by the music's disturbing gender politics and the "baad bitch daughters" of Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones,



rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910954073803321

Autore

Blackstock Allan

Titolo

Science, politics and society in early nineteenth-century Ireland : the Reverend William Richardson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2013

ISBN

9781526111807

1526111802

9781781705001

1781705003

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

941.5081092

Soggetti

Scientists - Ireland

Clergy - Ireland

Politicians - Ireland

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Ireland

Ireland Politics and government 1760-1820

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

SCIENCE, POLITICS and SOCIETY in early nineteenth-century Ireland: The Reverend William Richardson -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. 'Virtue appears like an Oak': WilliamRichardson's family and background -- 2. William Richardson: popular loyalism and the politics of Protestant Ascendancy -- 3. 'The scattered remnants of a diminished world': William Richardson and geology -- 4. The man of grass: agricultural improve mentand public opinion -- 5. Richardson and Malthus -- 6. Richardson and provincial science -- 7. Conclusion: Richardson's historical significance -- Select bibliography -- Index.



Sommario/riassunto

Based on newly unearthed source material, this book follows the career of clergyman William Richardsona and assesses his impact on politics, science and agriculture nationally and internationally.