Title African American women and sexuality in the cinema / Norma Manatu ; foreword by Kwyn Bader.

Publication Info.	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2003]
	©2003

Item Status

Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	PN1995.9.B585 M28 2003	Available	---

Description	xiii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index.
Contents	1. Introduction and overview -- 2. The form of the film medium: visual images and viewer perception -- 3. Love and romance: cultural prescriptive for "appropriate" sexual behaviors for men and women -- 4. Cultural impact of film's imaging on Black women -- 5. Similar, but different: films from 1986 to 1985 and 1997 to 2001 -- 6. Implications of the incongruity in Black filmmakers' depictions of the black female's nonsexual roles -- 7. Conclusion.
Subject	African American women in motion pictures.
	African American women in motion pictures.
ISBN	0786414316 alkaline paper