{"product_id":"baad-bitches-and-sassy-supermamas-stephane-dunn-9780252075483","title":"Baad Bitches and Sassy Supermamas: Black Power Action Films","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlaxploitation action narratives as well as politically radical films like \u003ci\u003eSweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song\u003c\/i\u003e typically portrayed black women as trifling \"bitches\" compared to the supermacho black male heroes. But starting in 1973, the emergence of \"baad bitches\" and \"sassy supermamas\" reversed the trend as self-assured, empowered, and tough black women took the lead in the films \u003ci\u003eCleopatra Jones, Coffy, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFoxy Brown.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephane Dunn unpacks the intersecting racial, sexual, and gender politics underlying the representations of racialized bodies, masculinities, and femininities in early 1970s black action films, with particular focus on the representation of black femininity. Recognizing a distinct moment in the history of African American representation in popular cinema, Dunn analyzes how it emerged from a radical political era influenced by the Black Power movement and feminism. Dunn also engages blaxploitation's legacy in contemporary hip-hop culture, as suggested by the music's disturbing gender politics and the \"baad bitch daughters\" of Foxy Brown and Cleopatra Jones, rappers Foxy Brown and Lil' Kim.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephane Dunn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 025207548X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252075483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2008 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009 pg. 52","brand":"Stephane Dunn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190542299391,"sku":"9780252075483","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4816cc45-fcb0-4582-8d14-f67cd3d4497d.jpg?v=1690871098","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baad-bitches-and-sassy-supermamas-stephane-dunn-9780252075483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}