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Article: Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora: Decolonizing the Gaze, Locating Subjectivity.
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- Women's Studies in Communication
- Article date:
- March 22, 1998
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Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey. (1997). Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora: Decolonizing the Gaze, Locating Subjectivity. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
Gwendolyn Foster's Women Filmmakers of the African and Asian Diaspora is a welcome contribution to the literatures of black and Third World cinemas--which have tended to privilege the work of male directors--as well as to feminist film scholarship, which has only recently begun incorporating the work of women of color. This is Foster's second publication. Her earlier book, Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary, is a useful reference for anyone interested in ...