Out for Glamour in Africa

A History of Black Urban Femininities in Drum Magazine

AvWanjiru G. Mbure

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

Out for Glamour in Africa critically reflects on how Black women utilized Drum magazine, a leading publication in Africa during the era of independence, for political empowerment and constructing notions of Black femininity. Wanjirũ G. Mbure terms the concept of femme urbAfricana, a model of Black femininity depicted as urban, political, fashionable, paradoxically Afrocentric, heteronormative, and transnational. Foregrounding stories of the women who embodied these traits and the social, political, and economic forces that shaped their presence in Drum, Mbure argues that these representations of Black women from Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and the United States produced a novel form of Black urban femininity. Utilizing a breadth of archival materials from cover girl photographs, advertisements, and columns, to readers’ comments, Mbure reveals the complex relationship between the Black urban woman and the era’s contested ideals within a transnational matrix.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-08-12
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:African Perspectives
Antal sidor:268
Förlag:The University of Michigan Press
ISBN:9780472078103

Utforska kategorier

Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik
Afrikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Wanjirũ G. Mbure is Associate Professor of English and Film & Media Studies and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Culture & Faculty Development at William & Mary.

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“Deeply researched and lushly illustrated, Out for Glamour in Africa is an exhilarating read, revealing Drum’s truly transnational character by attending to the East and West African editions of the magazine so rarely paired with its better known South African edition. What’s more, Mbure is as meticulous when analyzing images as when excavating the active role that women played in shaping the editorial content rather than only as readers. Mbure’s femme urbAfricana is sure to become an indispensable concept across global Black, gender, and urban studies.”

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsList of Illustrations: viiAcknowledgments: ixIntroduction: 1Chapter 1. Architects of Femme UrbAfricana: 37Chapter 2. African “Sirens”: 65Chapter 3. Commodity Queens: 97Chapter 4. Globalizing Femme UrbAfricana: 133Chapter 5. Freedom Beauties: 163Conclusion: 195Notes: 203Bibliography: 239Index: 251