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Of Elephants and Toothaches : Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Decalogue' /

This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. The cycle's deft handling of moral ambiguity and inventive technique established Ki...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Parmeggiani, Francesca (Editor ), Badowska, Eva (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: within unrest, there is always a question / Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani
  • Rules and virtues: the moral insight of the Decalogue / William Jaworski
  • Tablets of stone, tablets of flesh: synesthetic appeal in the Decalogue / Joseph G. Kickasola
  • Decalogue one: witnessing a responsible ethics of response from a Jewish perspective / Moshe Gold
  • Visual reverberations: Decalogue two and Decalogue eight / Eva M. Stadler
  • Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy: Decalogue three / Joseph W. Koterski, S.J.
  • Decalogue four: "The Mother Up in Smoke, or "Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother" / Gabriella Ripa di Meana
  • Decalogue five: a short film about killing, sin, and community / Michael Baur
  • States of exception: politics and poetics in Decalogue six / Eva Badowska
  • Decalogue seven: a tale of love, failing words, and moving images / Francesca Parmeggiani
  • Decalogue eight: childhood, emotion, and the shoah / Emma Wilson
  • Divine possession: metaphysical covetousness in Decalogue nine / Philip Sicker
  • Laughter makes good neighbors: sociability and the comic in Decalogue ten / Regina Small.