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- Title
Commentary: The Abject and the Grotesque: Broken Bodies, Broken Dreams, and the Lost Promise of Harlem.
- Authors
Henderson, Carol E.
- Abstract
The author discusses issues concerning the Lee Daniels' film "Precious." She highlights several uneasy topics being reflected in the film including incest, illiteracy, and the diseases of HIV and AIDS. She also highlights the horrific experience of young and undereducated African American women in society.
- Subjects
PRECIOUS: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Film); DANIELS, Lee, 1959-; SOCIAL conditions of African American women; BLACK women; INCEST in motion pictures; SOCIAL problems in motion pictures
- Publication
Black Camera: The New Series, 2012, Vol 4, Issue 1, p210
- ISSN
1536-3155
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism
- DOI
10.2979/blackcamera.4.1.210