Beyond the Black Lady : Sexuality and the New African American Middle Class Hardback
by Lisa B. Thompson
Part of the New Black Studies Series series
Hardback
Description
In this book, Lisa B. Thompson explores the representation of black middle-class female sexuality by African American women authors in narrative literature, drama, film, and popular culture, showing how these depictions reclaim black female agency and illustrate the difficulties black women confront in asserting sexual agency in the public sphere.
Thompson broadens the discourse around black female sexuality by offering an alternate reading of the overly determined racial and sexual script that casts the middle class "black lady" as the bastion of African American propriety.
Drawing on the work of black feminist theorists, she examines symptomatic autobiographies, novels, plays, and key episodes in contemporary American popular culture, including works by Anita Hill, Judith Alexa Jackson, P.
J. Gibson, Julie Dash, Kasi Lemmons, Jill Nelson, Lorene Cary, and Andrea Lee.
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:08/07/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252034268
Other Formats
- Paperback / softback from £19.75
Information
-
Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:200 pages
- Publisher:University of Illinois Press
- Publication Date:08/07/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9780252034268
