The Black Body in Ecstasy: Reading Race, Reading Pornography

(Part of the Next Wave: New Directions in Women's Studies Series)

by Jennifer C. Nash

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In The Black Body in Ecstasy, Jennifer C. Nash rewrites black feminism's theory of representation. Her analysis moves beyond black feminism's preoccupation with injury and recovery to consider how racial fictions can create a space of agency and even pleasure for black female subjects. Nash's innovative readings of hardcore pornographic films from the 1970s and 1980s develop a new method of analyzing racialized pornography that focuses on black...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822356201

ISBN13:9780822356202

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.75 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.6" x 8.9"

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