Queer African cinemas
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Green-Simms Lindsey B. ;
- ISBN : 978-1-4780-1540-6, 978-1-4780-1801-8
- Sujets : Homosexualité -- Au cinéma -- Afrique, Minorités sexuelles, Cinéma
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 volume (XIII-250 pages), : Illustrations, couverture illustrée en couleurs, 23 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : A camera obscura book
Notes
La ressource est également disponible en format numérique ; Bibliographie pages [231]-242. Notes bibliographiques pages [211]-225. Filmographie pages [227]-230. Index
Résumé
'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 anti-queer 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'