Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film: Race, Sex and Afro-Religiosity

by Montré Aza Missouri

Overview

Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film examines the transformation of the stereotypical 'tragic mulatto' from tragic to empowered, as represented in independent and mainstream cinema. The author suggests that this transformation is through the character's journey towards African-based religions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349554515
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/14/2014
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	205
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Montré Aza Missouri is an Associate Professor in Film at Howard University, USA, where she teaches Film Directing, Scriptwriting and Film Studies courses. She is also the Founder of Parallel Film Collective that produces, distributes and promotes local and global independent film.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Womanism and Womanist Gaze

2. Beauty as Power: In/visible Woman and Womanist Film in Daughters of the Dust

3. Passing Strange: Voodoo Queens and Hollywood Fantasy in Eve's Bayou

4 I'll Fly Away: Baadasssss Mamas and Third Cinema in Sankofa

5. Not Another Westside Story: Nuyorican Women and New Black Realism in I Like It Like That

6. It Is Easy Being Green: Disney's Post-Racial Princess and Black Magic

Conclusion: New Black Aesthetic and New Black Wave

Bibliography

Index