Race and sex in black and white: Essence and ideology in the spike lee discourse
1996; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 7; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/10646179609361719
ISSN1096-4649
Autores Tópico(s)Theater, Performance, and Music History
ResumoContemporary popular and academic commentators have criticized mainstream media for its negative depictions of African Americans and women, and have begun to consider the same phenomenon in the works of communicators of color. This article analyzes the critical consideration of race and gender in the films of Spike Lee that feature depictions of women and interracial relationships. It argues that Lee's films subscribe to essentialist conceptions of race and gender that reify the same ideological and epistemological assumptions and practices that undermine both the representation of race and gender in mainstream media, and the emancipatory potential of Afro‐centric and oppositional discourses.
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