Kathleen Collins

Geetha Ramanathan is Professor of Comparative Literature at West Chester University where she teaches Comparative Literature, film and Women’s Studies (including Feminist Film and African American Film). Her interests include modernist, feminist and third world literature.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1.The New York Black Independents2.The Black Essai Film 3.Ambiguities of Auteurship4.The Magical Marvellous Modern 5.Sacred Doubles 6.Film Across Drama and Art 7.Black Feminist Culture and Black MasculinityAfterword List of FilmsBibliography

In her fascinating and important book, Geetha Ramanathan gives the films of Kathleen Collins the astute and attentive analysis they deserve, usefully placing them in the context of Collins’ wide aesthetic and philosophical interests as well as her plays and stories. This welcome study makes a crucial contribution to Collins’ recent return to both film history and African American culture.