Black Film Through a Psychodynamic Lens

By: Katherine Marshall Woods

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Synopsis: Black Film Through a Psychodynamic Lens delves into the nuanced character development and narrative themes within the struggles and successes presented in Black films over the last five decades.In this pioneering book, Katherine Marshall Woods looks at Black cinema from a psychological and psychoanalytic perspective. Focusing on a decade at a time, she charts the development of representation and creative output from the 1980s to the present day. She deftly moves from analyzing depictions of poverty and triumphs to highlighting the importance of cinema in shaping cultural identity while considering racial prejudice and discrimination. Adopting theoretical viewpoints from Freud to bell hooks, Marshall Woods examines the damaging effect on cultural psychology as a result of stereotypical racial tropes, and expertly demonstrates the healing that can be found when one sees oneself represented in an honest light in popular art.From Do The Right Thing, The Color Purple and Malcolm X to contemporary classics like 12 Years a Slave, Black Panther and American Fiction, this book is an essential read for those interested in the intersection between Psychology, Psychoanalysis, Film Theory, and African American cultural identity.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781040156650
Related ISBNs:: 9781032508412, 9781003399902, 9781032508399, 9781040156629
Publisher:: Taylor & Francis
Date of Addition:: 11/13/24
Copyrighted By:: Katherine Marshall Woods
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Psychology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.