ABSTRACT
Studies of the portrayal of black people in film have tended to be studies for the ideological correctness of the depictions of black people and the extent to which they rely on stereotypes. By closely examining films such as Sapphire (1959), Leo the Last (1969), Black Joy (1977), Playing Away (1986) and Mona Lisa (1987) and situating them in their historical and social context, Fear of the Dark develops a particualar critical perspective on the film portrayal of black female sexuality and questions the extent to which black film makers have challenged stereotypes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter Chapter 1|23 pages
Themes and issues
chapter Chapter 2|13 pages
Notes on the discourse of ‘race'
chapter Chapter 3|22 pages
Imperial culture: the primitive, the savage and white civilization1
chapter Chapter 4|23 pages
‘Miscegenation' and the perils of ‘passing'
Films from the 1950s and 1960s
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