Title Captive bodies : postcolonial subjectivity in cinema / Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 249 pages) : illustrations Series SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video. Contents Ch. 1. Images of Bondage: Captive Bodies -- Ch. 2. A Plantocracy of Images -- Ch. 3. Captive Sexualities -- Ch. 4. Doubly Bound: The Postcolonial Resistant Body -- Ch. 5. Disciplining Discourse Summary Captive Bodies examines the film industry's fascination with bondage and captivity, seeking to revisualize American cinema through the lens of critical discourse on captivity narratives, slave narratives, and postcolonial critiques of cinematic constructions of "whiteness," "blackness," gender, and sexuality. Captivity is also examined here in relation to both those in front and behind the camera. Are we "subject" to others? Are we "bound" and "captive" in images? Are we "captive" bodies and "captive" audiences, held hostage to the spectacles of voyeuristic pleasure? Are those behind the camera involved in a process not unlike that of the slave system, enslaving the body in the image? To answer these and other questions, Captive Bodies draws upon a wide range of critical methodologies, including postcolonial studies, feminist film criticism, anthropology, and phenomenology Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index Notes Print version record Subject Captivity in motion pictures. Imperialism in motion pictures. Racism in motion pictures. Sexism in motion pictures. Motion pictures -- Political aspects Motion picture industry -- Political aspects -- United States Slavery in motion pictures. Sex in motion pictures. Motion pictures, American -- History and criticism PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference. Slavery in motion pictures Sex in motion pictures Motion pictures, American Captivity in motion pictures Imperialism in motion pictures Motion picture industry -- Political aspects Motion pictures -- Political aspects Racism in motion pictures Sexism in motion pictures Film Gefangener Motiv Rassismus United States USA Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 98037251 ISBN 0585086702 9780585086705 1438403062 9781438403069

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