Queer African Cinemas

Lindsey B. Green-Simms (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

264 Seiten

2022
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-1801-8 (ISBN)

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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 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. 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.

Lindsey B. Green-Simms is Associate Professor of Literature at American University and author of Postcolonial Automobility: Car Culture in West Africa.

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Registering Resistance in Queer African Cinemas 1
1. Making Waves: Queer Eccentricity and West African Wayward Women 37
2. Touching Nollywood: From Negation to Negotiation in Queer Nigerian Cinema 73
3. Cutting Masculinities: Post-Apartheid South African Cinema 123
4. Holding Space, Saving Joy: Queer Love and Critical Resilience in East Africa 165
Coda. Queer African Cinema's Destiny 203
Notes 211
Filmography 227
References 231
Index 243

Erscheinungsdatum	14.03.2022
Reihe/Serie	A Camera Obscura Book
Zusatzinfo	49 illustrations
Verlagsort	North Carolina
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	431 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4780-1801-1 / 1478018011
ISBN-13	978-1-4780-1801-8 / 9781478018018
Zustand	Neuware