Heroines of the Blaxploitation genre

Module/Lecture Guidelines Learning Objective: To understand the Blaxploitation genre in the history of American cinema. To understand the pioneering role for Black feminist representation on screen of Blaxploitation heroines such as Pam Grier’s Foxy Brown. Relevant Chapter/ Article: Women of Blaxploitation: How the Black Action Film Heroine Changed American Popular Culture (2006). GUIDELINES/DIRECTIONS Step 1: Read pages 1 – 18 in Women of Blaxploitation: How the Black Action Film Heroine Changed American Popular Culture (2006). Step 2: Watch Foxy Brown (1976). Step 3: Based on what you have read, respond to the question in the Discussion Board.