Queer African Cinemas
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2022
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-1540-6 (ISBN)
Duke University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4780-1540-6 (ISBN)
Lindsey B. Green-Simms examines films produced by and about queer Africans in the first two decades of the twenty-first century, showing how these films record the fear, anxiety, and vulnerability many queer Africans experience while at the same time imagining new hopes and possibilities.
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.
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 |
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Reihe/Serie | A Camera Obscura book |
Zusatzinfo | 49 illustrations |
Verlagsort | North Carolina |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 590 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4780-1540-3 / 1478015403 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4780-1540-6 / 9781478015406 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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