Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-164) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : to boldly go -- Seeking a friend for the end of the world : 28 Days Later -- Last one standing : Alien vs. Predator -- The black Madonna : Children of Men -- Thank heaven for little girls : Beasts of the Southern Wild -- Intergalactic companions : Firefly and Doctor Who -- Coda : final frontiers.
Summary:
When Lieutenant Uhura took her place on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise on Star Trek, the actress Nichelle Nichols went where no African American woman has ever gone before. Yet several decades passed before many other black women began playing significant roles in speculative (i.e. science fiction, fantasy, and horror) film and television--a troubling omission, given that these genres offer significant opportunities for reinventing social constructs such as race, gender, and class. Challenging cinema's history of stereotyping or erasing black women on-screen, Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before showcases twenty-first-century examples that portray them as central figures of action and agency--back cover.
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