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Author Johnson, Lakesia D

Title Iconic : decoding images of the revolutionary Black woman / Lakesia D. Johnson
Published Waco, Tex. : Baylor University Press, ©2012
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Description 1 online resource (x, 173 pages) : illustrations
Contents The myth of the angry black woman : from Sojourner Truth to Michelle Obama -- Revolutionary black women in the news : the politics of Angela Davis and Kathleen Cleaver -- Revolutionary black women in film : blaxploitation and the legacy of Pam Grier -- Revolutionary black women in literature : the narratives of Alice Walker and Audre Lorde -- Revolutionary black women and music : the hip-hop feminism of Erykah Badu and Me'shell Ndegeocello -- The many images of the revolutionary black woman : Michelle Obama reconsidered
Summary "A visual and narrative iconography of the Black female revolutionary across a variety of media texts and historical contexts"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index
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Subject Women revolutionaries -- United States -- History
African American women -- United States
Women, Black -- United States -- History
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
African American women
Women, Black
Women revolutionaries
Frauenbewegung
United States
USA
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012007880
ISBN 1481300474
9781481300476