In The Black Body in Ecstasy, Jennifer C. Nash rewrites black
feminism's theory of representation. Her analysis moves beyond
black feminism's preoccupation with injury and recovery to consider
how racial fictions can create a space of agency and even pleasure
for black female subjects. Nash's innovative readings of hardcore
pornographic films from the 1970s and 1980s develop a new method of
analyzing racialized pornography that focuses on black women's
pleasures in blackness: delights in toying with and subverting
blackness, moments of racialized excitement, deliberate enactments
of hyperbolic blackness, and humorous performances of blackness
that poke fun at the fantastical project of race. Drawing on
feminist and queer theory, critical race theory, and media studies,
Nash creates a new black feminist interpretative practice, one
attentive to the messy contradictions—between delight and
discomfort, between desire and degradation—at the heart of black
pleasures.
General
| Imprint: |
Duke University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies |
| Release date: |
March 2014 |
| First published: |
March 2014 |
| Authors: |
Jennifer C. Nash
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
240 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8223-5605-9 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-8223-5605-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780822356059 |
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