Contact Zones: Memory, Origin, and Discourses in Black Diasporic Cinema
- ISBN-10
- 0814330991
- ISBN-13
- 9780814330999
- Series
- Contact Zones
- Category
- African Americans in motion pictures
- Pages
- 295
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Author
- Sheila Petty
Description
Explores the contributions of black diasporic filmmakers and thinkers to contemporary artistic and theoretical discourses.
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