Queer African Cinemas

• Tác giả: Lindsey B Green-Simms
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-1478022633
• Thông tin xuất bản: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 online resource : , illustrations
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 372302
• Chủ đề: 1. Gays in motion pictures; 2. Homosexuality and motion pictures; 3. Homosexuality in motion pictures; 4. Motion pictures; 5. SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ Studies / General

Tóm tắt

 "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.