Political Blackness, British Cinema, and the Queer Politics of Memory
This essay queries “political Blackness” as a coalitional antiracist politics in England in the 1970s and 1980s. Contemporary debates on the relevance of political Blackness in contemporary British race politics often forget significant critiques of the concept articulated by feminist and queer scho...
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doaj-cb109447746b4e1fa80e89e9399b22c42020-12-24T02:43:28ZengCultural Studies AssociationLateral2469-40532469-40532020-12-019210.25158/L9.2.6Political Blackness, British Cinema, and the Queer Politics of MemoryAshvin Kini0Florida Atlantic UniversityThis essay queries “political Blackness” as a coalitional antiracist politics in England in the 1970s and 1980s. Contemporary debates on the relevance of political Blackness in contemporary British race politics often forget significant critiques of the concept articulated by feminist and queer scholars, activists and cultural producers. Through close readings of Isaac Julien and Maureen Blackwood’s 'The Passion of Remembrance' and Hanif Kureishi’s 'Sammy and Rosie Get Laid,' this essay examines cinematic engagements with political Blackness by foregrounding the gender and sexual fault lines through which queers and feminists articulated relational solidarities attentive to difference.https://csalateral.org/issue/9-2/political-blackness-british-cinema-and-the-queer-politics-of-memory/political blacknessfeminismqueeranti-racismdiasporabritish cinemabritishcinemaanti-blacknessracism |
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Political Blackness, British Cinema, and the Queer Politics of Memory |
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Political Blackness, British Cinema, and the Queer Politics of Memory |
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Political Blackness, British Cinema, and the Queer Politics of Memory |
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This essay queries “political Blackness” as a coalitional antiracist politics in England in the 1970s and 1980s. Contemporary debates on the relevance of political Blackness in contemporary British race politics often forget significant critiques of the concept articulated by feminist and queer scholars, activists and cultural producers. Through close readings of Isaac Julien and Maureen Blackwood’s 'The Passion of Remembrance' and Hanif Kureishi’s 'Sammy and Rosie Get Laid,' this essay examines cinematic engagements with political Blackness by foregrounding the gender and sexual fault lines through which queers and feminists articulated relational solidarities attentive to difference. |
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political blackness feminism queer anti-racism diaspora british cinema british cinema anti-blackness racism |
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