Arguing that spirituality functions as a life-affirming ideology on Black women's art, Ryan (English, Ohio Wesleyan U.) shows how Black women filmmakers and writers, by their choices informing narrative construction and characterization, embrace the role and responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing life-force to sustain the community of viewers and readers. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780813923703
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Publication Date: 10-05-2005
Pages: 208
Product Dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 18 Years
About the Author
Judylyn S. Ryan is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio Wesleyan University. Her work has appeared in numerous periodicals and edited volumes.