Captive bodies
postcolonial subjectivity in cinema
by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
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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.
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Captivity in motion pictures, Imperialism in motion pictures, Motion picture industry, Motion pictures, Political aspects, Political aspects of Motion picture industry, Political aspects of Motion pictures, Racism in motion pictures, Sexism in motion pictures, Motion pictures, plots, themes, etc., Motion pictures, political aspects, PERFORMING ARTS, Film & Video, Reference, Captivité au cinéma, Esclavage au cinéma, Aliénation (Philosophie) au cinéma, Racisme au cinéma, Sexualité au cinéma, Cinéma américain, Histoire et critique, Film, Gefangener, RassismusPlaces
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Captive bodies: postcolonial subjectivity in cinema
1999, State University of New York Press
in English
0791441555 9780791441558
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-230) and index.
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