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Don't It Make My Black Face Blue: Race, Avatars, Albescence, and the Transnational Imaginary
Author(s) -
Russell John G.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of popular culture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.238
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1540-5931
pISSN - 0022-3840
DOI - 10.1111/jpcu.12021
Subject(s) - the imaginary , race (biology) , face (sociological concept) , citation , media studies , computer science , sociology , world wide web , psychology , gender studies , psychoanalysis , social science
If you’re white, ask a colored reader of fantasy whether it matters. Ask them how often they found themselves in fantasy books or movies when they were growing up, and how they felt about it. (Ursula Le Guin 2005) I knew that we had to walk this very fine line between too alien and too Earth-like. The audience needs to identify with the characters’ environments and believe where they are, yet their look still needs to be alien and compelling enough for a film such as this. (James Cameron, qtd. in Fitzpatrick 15)