{"product_id":"divas-on-screen-9780252034220","title":"Divas on Screen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccessible, theoretical readings of popular African American women film icons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e Outstanding Academic Title, 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"[A] remarkable, straightforward book. . . . Mask interrogates the star personae of each of her subjects with a rigor that is unique and as refreshing as it is accessible and well written.  Mask's cultural critique of her subjects and the world in which they operate resonates long after one has finished the volume. Highly recommended.\"--\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An original and imaginative work that is full of intellectual energy, insight, and engaged writing.\"--Hazel V. Carby, author of \u003ci\u003eCultures in Babylon: Black Britain and African America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mia Mask deftly weaves the lines of inquiry, theory, popular culture, and history while making the complex lives of these amazing, charismatic black women accessible and understandable in fresh conceptual ways.\"--Ed Guerrero, author of \u003ci\u003eFraming Blackness: The African American Image in Film\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MO - University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742208262487,"sku":"9780252034220","price":87.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252034220.jpg?v=1758383628","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/divas-on-screen-9780252034220","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}