Chasing Fae
The Watermelon Woman and Black Lesbian Possibility
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3383917 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura L Sullivan (0000-0002-4198-3483, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 448-460 |
| Publication date | 2000-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Callaloo (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0161-2492 • E-ISSN: 1080-6512 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/cal.2000.0070 |
| OpenAlex | W2001456377 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 2 |
Cheryl Dunye's 1996 film, The Watermelon Woman, is a groundbreaking, and rulebreaking, film. The first feature film made by a black lesbian filmmaker (McAlister), the film employs both deconstructive and realist techniques to examine the way that identity in contemporary U.S. culture is shaped by multiple forces, primarily race, gender, and sexual orientation. Encouraging viewers to consider the unstable, complex, and often contradictory nature of identity, the film is humorous yet politically engaging. In this paper, I consider the ways that the film works simultaneously to represent and to decenter the identity and history of a figure most invisible in the textual production of the dominant culture--the black lesbian
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Film director · Identity (music) · Lesbian · Movie theater · Race (biology) · Sexual orientation · Sociology · Gender Studies · Race, History, and American Society
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2024 (25) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |