03366oam 2200589 450 991074321100332120231212175921.01-4780-9365-X1-4780-2263-910.1515/9781478022633(CKB)5100000000116982(MiAaPQ)EBC6891594(Au-PeEL)EBL6891594(OCoLC)1290851830(MdBmJHUP)musev2_99874(DE-B1597)624526(DE-B1597)97814780226331290851830(BiblioVault)org.bibliovault.9781478022633(EXLCZ)99510000000011698220220105d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierQueer African cinemas /Lindsey B. Green-SimmsDurham :Duke University Press,2022.1 online resource (265 pages)a Camera Obscura book1-4780-1801-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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)."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.A Camera Obscura BookHomosexuality in motion picturesHomosexuality and motion picturesAfricaGay people in motion picturesMotion picturesAfricaHistory and criticismHomosexuality in motion pictures.Homosexuality and motion picturesGay people in motion pictures.Motion picturesHistory and criticism.791.43653PER004030SOC064000bisacshGreen-Simms Lindsey B.1978-1426962NDDNDDBOOK9910743211003321Queer African cinemas3559497UNINA