MAPPING ALTERNATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF BLACKNESS IN CINEMA 26.1.07 THIS BOOK IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF CINEMA AS A VEHICLE FOR BLACK EXPRESSIONS OF IDENTITY. IT ILLUSTRATES THAT SINCE ITS INCEPTION, CINEMA HAS PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN GENERATING, ON THE ONE HAND, IMAGINARY MEANINGS ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE AND, ON THE OTHER HAND, IMAGINATIVE SIGNIFYING PRACTICES HARMONIZED WITH BLACK IDENTITY EXPRESSIONS.