Reflections about "the woman", the look and the racial question in the feminist film theory
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Feminist film theory, Black women, Gender and RaceAbstract
Since the 1970s, the representations of women in the cinema have been object of criticism of the feminist theorists, that emphasize the relevance of the classic narrative cinema as product and producer of the patriarchal imaginary. However, anchored in a psychoanalytic perspective, this theoretical aspect presents some limitations, such as the emphasis on the white woman as model of femininity and the binary construction of visual pleasure. In this article, based on studies that discuss the historical experience of black women, we seek to problematize the intersection of gender and race as determinant in the systems of representation, in the construction of visual pleasure and in modes of filmic reception, which indicates new possibilities for the recognition of black women in the feminist film theory.
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