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The philosophy of Spike Lee /
Over his twenty-plus year tenure in Hollywood, Spike Lee has produced a number of controversial films that unapologetically confront sensitive social issues, particularly those of race relations and discrimination. Through his honest portrayals of life's social obstacles, he challenges the publ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
Ã2011.
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| Colección: | Philosophy of popular culture.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- I. Justice, value, and the nature of evil. The symbolism of blood in Clockers / Douglas McFarland ; The prostitution trap of elite sport in He got game / Jason Holt and Robert Pitter ; Aristotle and MacIntyre on Justice in 25th Hour / Mark T. Conard ; We can't get off the bus : a commentary on Spike Lee and moral motivation / Gabriella Beckles-Raymond ; Monsters and moralism in Summer of Sam / R. Barton Palmer
- II. Race, sexuality, and community. (Still) fighting the power : public space and the unspeakable privacy of the other in Do the right thing / Elizabeth Hope Finnegan ; Coworking in the kingdom of culture : identity and community in the films of Spike Lee / Charles F. Peterson ; Feminists and "freaks" : She's gotta have it and Girl 6 / Karen D. Hoffman ; The dialectic of King and X in Do the right thing / Michael Silberstein ; Fevered desires and interracial intimacies in Jungle fever / Ronald R. Sundstrom ; Bamboozled : philosophy through blackface / Dan Flory
- III. Time, the subject, and transcendence. Transcendence and sublimity in Spike Lee's signature shot / Jerold J. Abrams ; Economies of time in Clockers / Richard Gilmore ; Rethinking the first person : autobiography, authorship, and the contested self in Malcolm X / David LaRocca.