The Black Body in Ecstasy by Jennifer C Nash

The Black Body in Ecstasy by Jennifer C Nash

Rewrites black feminism's theory of representation. This title offers an analysis and that moves beyond black feminism's preoccupation with injury and recovery to consider how racial fictions can create a space of agency and even pleasure for black female subjects.

“The Black Body in Ecstasy is an excellent example of a ‘loving critique’ of a tense field..Nash’s intentional, clear structuring and synthesis, and her fascinating interventions provide a solid basis for future scholars in this field.” -- Laura Abbasi-Lemmon * Journal of Gender Studies *
"[E]ssential reading for anyone seeking to understand new work on feminism, critical race studies, pornography, and film history." -- Svati P. Shah * Women's Review of Books *
"...[Nash's] alternative readings do give readers insight into the tropes within pornography, and into how certain films upset racist and sexist industry practices, as well as upsetting the Black feminist theoretical archive’s theories of representation and resistance in favor of a Black feminist theory of sexual subjectivities of pleasure and ecstasy. Nash has earned her place among a new generation of Black feminist scholars"  -- Sherri L. Barnes * Feminist Collections *
"The Black Body in Ecstasy poses a fresh set of questions as it forwards a groundbreaking black feminist approach to contending with representations of black women’s ecstatic corporeality." -- Jennifer DeClue * GLQ *
"The Black Body in Ecstasy makes an important contribution, and is essential reading for anyone interested in how black women are depicted within hard-core visual pornography." -- Fiona Proudfoot * Media International Australia *
"[T]his work is a significant contribution to feminist porn studies and to the analysis of representations and images of black bodies and black female desire and sexuality. The Black Body in Ecstasy starts a new conversation within feminist porn studies, an original, provocative discussion of the multiple identities and ecstasies that can be located in instances of rupture in pornographic films." -- Siobahn Stiles * Hypatia *

Jennifer C. Nash is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women's Studies at George Washington University.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780822356202
ISBN 10	0822356201
Title	The Black Body in Ecstasy
Author	Jennifer C Nash
Series	Next Wave: New Directions In Women's Studies
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Duke University Press
Year published	2014-03-14
Number of pages	240
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.