Black Looks: Race and Representation

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Black Looks: Race and Representation is a collection of critical essays by bell hooks that examines the politics of race, gender, and representation in popular culture and visual media.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
essay collection ⓘ
aimsTo analyze intersections of race, gender, and class in media ⓘ
critique racist imagery in popular culture ⓘ
propose liberatory ways of seeing for Black viewers ⓘ
author bell hooks ⓘ
contributor bell hooks ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
field African American studies ⓘ
film studies ⓘ
media studies ⓘ
focusesOn Black spectatorship ⓘ
advertising ⓘ
commodification of Black culture ⓘ
film ⓘ
music videos ⓘ
photography ⓘ
sexualization of Black bodies ⓘ
stereotypes of Black men ⓘ
stereotypes of Black women ⓘ
television ⓘ
genre cultural criticism ⓘ
feminist theory ⓘ
nonfiction ⓘ
hasPart “Eating the Other: Desire and Resistance” ⓘ
“In Our Glory: Photography and Black Life” ⓘ
“Reconstructing Black Masculinity” ⓘ
“Selling Hot Pussy: Representations of Black Female Sexuality in the Cultural Marketplace” ⓘ
“The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Black Women’s Roles in the Movies” ⓘ
“The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators” ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject Black feminism ⓘ
Black representation ⓘ
gender ⓘ
oppositional gaze ⓘ
popular culture ⓘ
race ⓘ
representation ⓘ
visual media ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
movement Black feminism ⓘ
critical race theory ⓘ
intersectional feminism ⓘ
notableFor critiquing mainstream representations of Black femininity ⓘ
developing the concept of the oppositional gaze ⓘ
influencing Black feminist film criticism ⓘ
theoreticalFramework Marxist cultural criticism ⓘ
feminist theory ⓘ
postcolonial theory ⓘ

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bell hooks → notableWork → Black Looks: Race and Representation ⓘ
Gloria Jean Watkins → notableWork → Black Looks: Race and Representation ⓘ
Black Looks: Race and Representation → hasPart → “The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators” ⓘ
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Black Looks: Race and Representation → hasPart → “Selling Hot Pussy: Representations of Black Female Sexuality in the Cultural Marketplace” ⓘ
linked to: Black Looks: Race and Representation
Black Looks: Race and Representation → hasPart → “In Our Glory: Photography and Black Life” ⓘ
linked to: Black Looks: Race and Representation
Black Looks: Race and Representation → hasPart → “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Black Women’s Roles in the Movies” ⓘ
linked to: Black Looks: Race and Representation