LEADER 03466nam 2200709 a 450 001 9910961434403321 005 20240417222534.0 010 $a9780252091049 010 $a0252091043 010 $a9781283986496 010 $a1283986493 035 $a(CKB)2550000000996615 035 $a(EBL)3414183 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000821591 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11463253 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821591 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10880179 035 $a(PQKB)10547644 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414183 035 $a(OCoLC)654312756 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse25179 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414183 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10651002 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL429899 035 $a(OCoLC)923496730 035 $a(Perlego)2394606 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000996615 100 $a20071121d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$a"Baad bitches" and sassy supermamas $eBlack power action films /$fStephane Dunn 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aNew black studies series 311 08$a9780252075483 311 08$a025207548X 311 08$a9780252033407 311 08$a025203340X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [149]-156) and index. 327 $afront cover -- copyright -- TOC -- intro -- chapter 1 -- notes -- bibliography -- index -- back cover. 330 8 $aBlaxploitation action narratives as well as politically radical films like Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song typically portrayed black women as trifling "bitches" compared to the supermacho black male heroes. But starting in 1973, the emergence of "baad bitches" and "sassy supermamas" reversed the trend as self-assured, empowered, and tough black women took the lead in the films Cleopatra Jones, Coffy, and Foxy Brown. Stephane Dunn unpacks the intersecting racial, sexual, and gender politics underlying the representations of racialized bodies, masculinities, and femininities in early 1970s black action films, with particular focus on the representation of black femininity. Recognizing a distinct moment in the history of African American representation in popular cinema, Dunn analyzes how it emerged from a radical political era influenced by the Black Power movement and feminism. Dunn also engages blaxploitation's legacy in contemporary hip-hop culture, as suggested by the music's disturbing gender politics and the "baad bitch daughters" of Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones, rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim. 410 0$aNew Black studies. 517 1 $a"Baad bitches" & sassy supermamas 606 $aBlaxploitation films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAction and adventure films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAfrican American women heroes in motion pictures 615 0$aBlaxploitation films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAction and adventure films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAfrican American women heroes in motion pictures. 676 $a791.43/652996073 700 $aDunn$b Stephane$f1967-$01809289 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910961434403321 996 $a"Baad bitches" and sassy supermamas$94360004 997 $aUNINA