Women of blaxploitation : how the black action film heroine changed American popular culture / Yvonne D. Sims.
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TextPublication details: Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland, 2006Description: xi, 220 p. : ill. ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780786427444 (softcover : alk. paper) :; 0786427442 (softcover : alk. paper) :Subject(s): Blaxploitation films -- United States -- History and criticism | African American women heroes in motion picturesDDC classification: 791.43652208996073 LOC classification: PN1995.9.N4 | S56 2006Summary: "This study examines ways blaxploitation heroines reshaped the presentation of African American actresses on screen and the perception of African American females in general. It discusses the social, political and cultural context in which blaxploitation films emerged. The work focuses on four African American actresses providing critical and audience response and insight into perspectives of the actresses themselves"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-216) and index.
Includes filmography: p. 193-200.
"This study examines ways blaxploitation heroines reshaped the presentation of African American actresses on screen and the perception of African American females in general. It discusses the social, political and cultural context in which blaxploitation films emerged. The work focuses on four African American actresses providing critical and audience response and insight into perspectives of the actresses themselves"--Provided by publisher.
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