Queer African cinemas
Green-Simms, Lindsey B., 1978-2022
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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.
Main title:
Queer African cinemas / Lindsey B. Green-Simms.
Author:
Green-Simms, Lindsey B., 1978-, author
Work:
Imprint:
Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
Collation:
xiii, 250 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Audience:
Specialized.
ISBN:
9781478018018 (pbk)
Dewey class:
791.43653
Local class:
AR.9.01/GRE
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3247341