{"product_id":"sisters-in-the-life-9780822370710","title":"Sisters in the Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAssembling a range of interviews, essays, and conversations, \u003ci\u003eSisters in the Life\u003c\/i\u003e narrates the history of African American lesbian media-making during the past thirty years, thereby documenting the important and influential work of this group of understudied and underappreciated artists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSisters in the Life\u003c\/i\u003e is an act of reclamation, a means of shining a light on the critical work that these women have done with little recognition or fanfare. . . . For those who are invested in the history of representation, \u003ci\u003eSisters in the Life\u003c\/i\u003e is worth adding to your bookshelf.\" -- Evette Dionne * Bitch *\u003cbr\u003e\"This well-researched title is highly recommended for readers interested in African American, women's, LGBTQ, and general film studies.\" -- Sally Bryant * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSisters in the Life\u003c\/i\u003e moves uninterruptedly from strength to strength. Along the way, its stories are eclectic but interrelated, U.S.-centered but increasingly global, alert to ongoing inequities but inspired by past and present accomplishments— and by futures that look brighter all the time.\" -- Nick Davis * Film Comment *\u003cbr\u003e\"In this academic but engaging anthology, contributors examine the important contributions of black lesbian filmmakers over the past three decades. Finally, filmmakers like Cheryl Dunye, Dee Rees, and Angela Robinson get their due. So too should Welbon (director of 1993’s famed \u003ci\u003eSisters in the Life: First Love.\u003c\/i\u003e)\" -- Jacob Anderson-Minshall * The Advocate *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is an eye-opening study that seems likely to become a classic in its genre.\" -- Jean Roberta * Gay \u0026amp; Lesbian Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. To Be Transparent: Seeing Directions and Connections in Black Lesbian Film \/ Alexandra Juhasz  ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. The Sisters in the Life Archive Project \/ Yvonne Welbon  1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. 1986–1995\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ Yvonne Welbon  15\u003cbr\u003e 1. Birth of a Notion: Toward Black, Gay, and Lesbian Imagery in Film and Video \/ Michelle Parkerson  21\u003cbr\u003e 2. Narrating Our History: An Introduction \/ Thomas Allen Harris  26\u003cbr\u003e 3. Narrating Our History: Selections from a Dialogue among Queer Media Artists from the African Diaspora \/ Edited by Raùl Ferrera-Balanquet and Thomas Allen Harris, with Shari Frilot, Leah Gilliam, Dawn Suggs, Jocelyn Taylor, and Yvonne Welbon  29\u003cbr\u003e 4. Construction of Computation and Desire: Introduction to Yvonne Welbon's Interview with Pamela L. Jennings \/ Kara Keeling  47\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ruins and Desire: Interview with Pamela L. Jennings, July 27, 2012 \/ Yvonne Welbon  51\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003ethe book of ruins and desire\u003c\/i\u003e: Interactive Mechatronic Sculpture \/ Pamela L. Jennings  63\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Cosmic Demonstration of  Shari Frilot's Curatorial Practice \/ Roya Rastegar  66\u003cbr\u003e 8. Identity and Performance in Yvonne Welbon's \u003ci\u003eRemembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself: An Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Devorah Heitner  92\u003cbr\u003e Part II. 1996–2016\u003cbr\u003e Introduction \/ Yvonne Welbon  115\u003cbr\u003e 9. Producing Black Lesbian Media \/ Candace Moore  125\u003cbr\u003e 10. Stereotypy, Mammy, and Recovery in Cheryl Dunye's \u003ci\u003eThe Watermelon Woman\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Karin D. Wimbley\u003cbr\u003e 11. Coquie Hughes: Urban Lesbian Filmmaker. Introduction to Yvonne Welbon's Interview with Coquie Hughes \/ Jennifer DeVere Brody  160\u003cbr\u003e 12. Stepping Out on Faith: Interview with Coquie Hughes, July 27, 2012 \/ Yvonne Welbon  165\u003cbr\u003e 13. \"Invite Me In!\": Angela Robinson at Hollywood's Threshold \/ Patricia White  176\u003cbr\u003e 14. Shine Louise Houston: An Interstice of Her Own Making \/ L. H. Stallings  191\u003cbr\u003e 15. From Rage to Resignation: Reading Tina Mabry's \u003ci\u003eMississippi Damned\u003c\/i\u003e as a Post-Civil Rights Response to Nina Simone's \"Mississippi Goddam\" \/ Marlon Rahquel Moore  205\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Circuitous Route of Presenting Black Butch: The Travels of Dee Ree's \u003ci\u003ePariah\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Jennifer DeClue  225\u003cbr\u003e 17. Creating the World Anew: Black Lesbian Legacies and Queer Film Futures \/ Alexis Pauline Gumbs  249\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  261\u003cbr\u003e Selected Bibliography  263\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  269\u003cbr\u003e Index  273\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406109516119,"sku":"9780822370710","price":98.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822370710.jpg?v=1730494565","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sisters-in-the-life-9780822370710","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}