Black Magic Woman and Narrative Film Race, Sex and Afro-Religiosity

Contributing to emerging scholarship on representations of race, gender, sexuality and religion in film and media, Black Magic Woman focuses on the 'tragic mulatto' stereotype that is conventionally portrayed as a character tormented by issues of racial and cultural ambiguity. Montré Aza Missouri explores the journey of the 'mulatto' from 'tragic' to 'empowered' through the character's adherence to Yoruba-Atlantic religions such as Cuban Lucumí, Puerto Rican Santería and American Voodoo. From this religious transformation, the 'tragic mulatto' becomes the Black Magic Woman, a signifier of a New World cultural identity.

Montré Aza Missouri is an Associate Professor in Film at Howard University, USA, where she teaches Film Directing, Scriptwriting and Film Studies courses. She is also the Founder of Parallel Film Collective that produces, distributes and promotes local and global independent film.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Womanism and Womanist Gaze
2. Beauty as Power: In/visible Woman and Womanist Film in Daughters of the Dust
3. Passing Strange: Voodoo Queens and Hollywood Fantasy in Eve's Bayou
4 I'll Fly Away: Baadasssss Mamas and Third Cinema in Sankofa
5. Not Another Westside Story: Nuyorican Women and New Black Realism in I Like It Like That
6. It Is Easy Being Green: Disney's Post-Racial Princess and Black Magic
Conclusion: New Black Aesthetic and New Black Wave
Bibliography
Index