Format:
1 Online-Ressource (264 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-1-4780-2263-3
Series Statement:
A Camera obscura book
Content:
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 antiqueer 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
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mrz 2022)
,
In English
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 978-1-4780-1801-8
Language:
English
Subjects:
General works
,
Sociology
Keywords:
Film
;
LGBT
;
Electronic books.
DOI:
10.1215/9781478022633
DOI:
10.1515/9781478022633
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