Envisioning Black Feminist Voodoo Aesthetics: African Spirituality In American Cinema (Black Diasporic Worlds: Origins And Evolutions From New World Slaving) - 9781498523301

By integrating eight contemporary American films to determine the role the use of Voodoo in popular representations in the construction of black female imaginaries, this book evaluates the employment of Voodoo aesthetics to reenact black women's spirituality on screen by engaging with themes such as sexuality, agency, and cultural appropriation.

• | Author: Kameelah L. Martin
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Nov 06, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 256 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1498523307
• | ISBN-13: 9781498523301