Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction and overview -- 2. The form of the film medium : visual images and viewer perception -- 3. Love and romance : cultural prescriptive for "appropriate" sexual behaviors for men and women -- 4. Cultural impact of film's imaging on Black women -- 5. Similar, but different : films from 1986 to 1995 and 1997 to 2001 -- 6. Implications of the incongruity in Black filmmakers' depictions of the black female's nonsexual roles -- 7. Conclusion.
