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Synopsis
This study demonstrates that African-American women view cultural products in a unique way. Interviews describe the specific reactions of various women to films and literature, such as Alice Walker's novel The Color Purple and Julie Dash's independent film Daughters of the Dust.
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Book Description
Bobo demonstrates that African-American women, as a separate interpretive community, view cultural products in a unique way. In interviews with black women, she examines their specific responses as spectators and consumers of films and novels, including Waiting to Exhale, The Color Purple, and Daughters of the Dust.
About the Author
Jacqueline Bobo is Chair and Associate Professor of Women's Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is editor of the anthology, Black Feminist Cultural Criticism: Classic Readings (Blackwell Publishers, January 2001) and of Black Women Film and Video Artists (Routledge, 1998).
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- PublisherColumbia Univ Pr
- Publication date1995
- ISBN 10 0231083947
- ISBN 13 9780231083942
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages248
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