ISBN:
978-1-4780-1540-6
,
1-4780-1540-3
,
978-1-4780-1801-8
,
1-4780-1801-1
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 250 Seiten :
,
Illustrationen ;
,
23 cm.
Series Statement:
a Camera Obscura book
Parallel Title:
Online version Green-Simms, Lindsey B., 1978- Queer African cinemas
Keywords:
Africa
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Homosexuality in motion pictures
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Homosexuality and motion pictures / Africa
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Gays in motion pictures
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Motion pictures / Africa / History and criticism
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / LGBTQ Studies / General
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Homosexuality and motion pictures
;
Motion pictures
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Film.
;
LGBT.
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Afrika.
;
Criticism, interpretation, etc
;
Film
;
LGBT
Abstract:
"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 anti-queer 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"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Registering Resistance: The Pluralities and Possibilities of Queer African Cinemas -- Making Waves: Queer Eccentricity and West African Wayward Women -- Touching Nollywood: From Negation to Negotiation in Queer Nigerian Cinema -- Cutting Masculinities: Post-Apartheid South African Cinema -- Holding Space, Saving Joy: Queer Love and Critical Resilience in East Africa -- Coda: Queer Cinema's Destiny (a view from 2020)
