Visitation : The Conjure Work of Black Feminist Avant-Garde Cinema
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1478016523
ISBN-13
9781478016526
Publisher
Duke University Press
Imprint
Duke University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 29th, 2022
Print length
277 Pages
Weight
486 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 23.90 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Film theory & criticismSocial & cultural historyFeminism & feminist theoryBlack & Asian studies
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In Visitation, Jennifer DeClue shows how Black feminist avant-garde filmmakers draw from historical archives in order to visualize and reckon with violence suffered by Black women in the United States. DeClue argues that these filmmakers-including Kara Walker, Kara Lynch, Tourmaline, and Ja’Tovia Gary-create spaces of mourning and reckoning rather than voyeurism and pornotropy. Through their use of editing, performance, and cinematic experimentation, these filmmakers intervene in the production of Blackness and activate new ways of seeing Black women and telling their stories. Theorizing these films as a form of conjure work, DeClue shows how these filmmakers raise the specters of Black women from the past and invite them to reveal history from their point of view. In so doing, Black feminist avant-garde filmmakers channel spirits that haunt archives and create cinematic arenas for witnessing Black women battling for survival during pivotal and exceedingly violent moments in US history. Duke University Press Scholars of Color First Book Award recipient
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