Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before : Subversive Portrayals in Speculative Film and TV /

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When Lieutenant Uhura took her place on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek, the actress Nichelle Nichols went where no African American woman had ever gone before. Yet several decades passed before many other black women began playing significant roles in speculative (i.e., science f...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mafe, Diana Adesola (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Temas:
Blacks on television.
Fantasy films > History and criticism.
Fantasy television programs > History and criticism.
Horror films > History and criticism.
Horror television programs > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > History > 21st century.
Science fiction films > History and criticism.
Science fiction television programs > History and criticism.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Sex role on television.
Television programs > History > 21st century.
Women on television.
Women, Black, in motion pictures.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Science Fiction & Fantasy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: To Boldly Go
  • 1. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: 28 Days Later
  • 2. Last One Standing: Alien vs. Predator
  • 3. The Black Madonna: Children of Men
  • 4. Thank Heaven for Little Girls: Beasts of the Southern Wild
  • 5. Intergalactic Companions: Firefly and Doctor Who
  • Coda: Final Frontiers
  • Notes
  • Works Cited
  • Index

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