Celeste A Fisher
Biographic Data
| ID | 4780340 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Celeste A Fisher |
| GIVEN NAMES | Celeste A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fisher |
| SIGNATURE | FISHER C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Marymount Manhattan College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mixed Race Hollywood
Book Review| October 01 2010 Mixed Race Hollywood Mixed Race Hollywood. Edited by Mary Beltrán and Camilla Fojas. New York: New York University Press, 2008. vi + 325 pp. Photos, notes, bibliography, and index. $75 (cloth); $24 (paper). Celeste A. Fisher Celeste A. Fisher Misericordia University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2010) 30 (1): 126–128. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhis…
Africans and the Politics of Popular Culture
Black on Black
Images of violent black masculinity are not new in American culture, but in the late 1980s and early '90s, the social and economic climate in the country contributed to an unprecedented number of films about ghetto life. And while Hollywood reaped financial gains from these depictions, the rest of the country saw an ever widening "opportunity gap" between marginalized groups and mainstream society, as well as an increase in juvenile violence. The…
Introduction
Black women, particularly those of us who have chosen radical subjectivity, can move toward revolutionary social change that will address the diversity of our experiences and our needs. Collectively bringing our knowledge, resources, skills and wisdom to one another, we make the site where radical black female subjectivity can be nurtured and sustained
Race, Sex, and Redemption in Monster's Ball
In this paper, we explore the way that interracial relationships between blacks and whites come to be represented as problematic for mainstream audiences. By looking specifically at the film Monster's Ball (2001), we examine how race is used to identify and characterize our culture's standard protagonist, the white male, and at how white male sexuality is constructed through the black female. Particularly striking in this film is how the social a…
Race, Sex, and Redemption in Monster's Ball
In this paper, we explore the way that interracial relationships between blacks and whites come to be represented as problematic for mainstream audiences. By looking specifically at the film Monster's Ball (2001), we examine how race is used to identify and characterize our culture's standard protagonist, the white male, and at how white male sexuality is constructed through the black female. Particularly striking in this film is how the social a…
Race, Sex, and Redemption in Monster's Ball
In this paper, we explore the way that interracial relationships between blacks and whites come to be represented as problematic for mainstream audiences. By looking specifically at the film Monster's Ball (2001), we examine how race is used to identify and characterize our culture's standard protagonist, the white male, and at how white male sexuality is constructed through the black female. Particularly striking in this film is how the social a…
Introduction
Black women, particularly those of us who have chosen radical subjectivity, can move toward revolutionary social change that will address the diversity of our experiences and our needs. Collectively bringing our knowledge, resources, skills and wisdom to one another, we make the site where radical black female subjectivity can be nurtured and sustained
Black on Black
Images of violent black masculinity are not new in American culture, but in the late 1980s and early '90s, the social and economic climate in the country contributed to an unprecedented number of films about ghetto life. And while Hollywood reaped financial gains from these depictions, the rest of the country saw an ever widening "opportunity gap" between marginalized groups and mainstream society, as well as an increase in juvenile violence. The…
Africans and the Politics of Popular Culture
Mixed Race Hollywood
Book Review| October 01 2010 Mixed Race Hollywood Mixed Race Hollywood. Edited by Mary Beltrán and Camilla Fojas. New York: New York University Press, 2008. vi + 325 pp. Photos, notes, bibliography, and index. $75 (cloth); $24 (paper). Celeste A. Fisher Celeste A. Fisher Misericordia University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2010) 30 (1): 126–128. https://doi.org/10.5406/jamerethnhis…
Art (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Africa (1 works)