02847nam 2200637 450 991081374680332120230126215532.01-4985-2329-3(CKB)3710000000842413(EBL)4659712(OCoLC)957265023(MiAaPQ)EBC4659712(EXLCZ)99371000000084241320160912h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierEnvisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics African spirituality in American cinema /Kameelah L. MartinLanham, [Maryland] :Lexington Books,2016.©20161 online resource (257 p.)Black Diasporic Worlds: Origins and Evolutions from New World SlavingDescription based upon print version of record.1-4985-2330-7 1-4985-2328-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Vintage Hollywood Voodoo; 2 Mambos, Chickens, and Blood; 3 For Us, By Us; 4 Subversion and Entertainment; 5 Voodoo in Disneyland?; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index; About the AuthorThis book interrogates eight contemporary American films to determine what role the use of Voodoo in popular representations has played in the construction of black female imaginaries within the United States. It evaluates how filmmakers employ Voodoo aesthetics to reenact black women's spirituality on screen by engaging themes of body politics, expressions of sexuality, agency, self-determination, and cultural appropriation.Black Diasporic Worlds: Origins and Evolutions from New World SlavingMotion picturesSocial aspectsUnited StatesFeminist criticismUnited StatesReligion in motion picturesMotion picturesReligious aspectsFeminism and motion picturesAfrican Americans and mass mediaMotion picturesUnited StatesHistoryVodou in motion picturesMotion picturesSocial aspectsFeminist criticismReligion in motion pictures.Motion picturesReligious aspects.Feminism and motion pictures.African Americans and mass media.Motion picturesHistory.Vodou in motion pictures.791.43/682Martin Kameelah L.1978-1703306MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813746803321Envisioning Black feminist voodoo aesthetics4088409UNINA