bell hooks' Oppositional Gaze, part 1

Video lecture introducing bell hooks' essay "The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators" from her 1992 collection Black Looks: Race and Representation. Chapters: 00:00 Biographical background 03:54 Black feminism 05:46 Theory background 08:11 Opening image: Slaves Forbidden to Look 10:56 Critical opposition for change 13:34 White television 16:51 Amos n Andy 18:25 Minstrel shows 21:50 Resisting identification