Iconic : decoding images of the revolutionary Black woman / Lakesia D. Johnson

Author:: Johnson, Lakesia D.
Published:: Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, [2012]
Copyright Date:: ©2012
Physical Description:: x, 173 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.The Myth of the Angry Black Woman -- From Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama -- 2.Revolutionary Black Women in the News -- The Politics of Angela Davis and Kathleen Cleaver -- 3.Revolutionary Black Women in Film -- Blaxploitation and the Legacy of Pam Grier -- 4.Revolutionary Black Women in Literature -- The Narratives of Alice Walker and Audre Lorde -- 5.Revolutionary Black Women and Music -- The Hip-Hop Feminism of Erykah Badu and Me'shell Ndegeocello -- 6.The Many Images of the Revolutionary Black Woman -- Michelle Obama Reconsidered.

Summary:

"A visual and narrative iconography of the Black female revolutionary across a variety of media texts and historical contexts"--

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ISBN:

9781602586444 (hardback)
1602586446 (hardback)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.

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