"This study examines ways blaxploitation heroines reshaped the presentation of African American actresses on screen and the perception of African American females in general. It discusses the social, political and cultural context in which blaxploitation films emerged. The work …
"This study examines ways blaxploitation heroines reshaped the presentation of African American actresses on screen and the perception of African American females in general. It discusses the social, political and cultural context in which blaxploitation films emerged. The work …
This lively study unpacks the intersecting racial, sexual, and gender politics underlying the representations of racialised bodies, masculinities, and femininities in early 1970s black action films, with particular focus on the representation of black femininity.
William Novotny Lawrence examines a number of blaxploitation films - including 'Cotton Comes to Harlem' (1970), 'Blacula' (1972), and 'The Mack' (1973) - and illustrates the manner in which 'blaxploitation' came to be understood as a separate genre.