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mamokuena@yahoo.com / The study aims to explore how black women read representations of black
women in South African films. Using an ethnographic study of women’s
interpretation of Fool, the study reflects in part the experiences of black women.
The analysis attempts to reconcile the subject positions of the filmmakers with
the narrative experiences of the women they claim to represent.
The study draws on feminists’ theorists like bell hooks, Jacqueline Bobo and Ifi
Amadiume as the theoretical framework of black female spectatorship to explore
how black South African women read films.
The study highlights the points of disjuncture in filmic representations and the
experiences of women, who are interviewed for their interpretations. The shifting
historical and political climate in South Africa reveals the desire the participants
expressed to see changes in film that best reflect the instrumental changes in
South African society.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/1649 |
| Date | 13 November 2006 |
| Creators | Makhema, Mamokuena |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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