Insights from film into violence and oppression : shattered dreams of the good life / edited by John P. Lovell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lovell, John P., 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence in motion pictures.

Social problems in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

xi, 173 pages ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1998.

Summary:

An interdisciplinary collection of scholars explore the representations of violence in films and how films can be used to teach about violence.

Contents:

1. Structural Violence, Peace, and the Good Life / William J. Meyer 3

2. She Doth Protest Too Much, or Does She? An Essay on Gender, Violence, and Domination / Jean C. Robinson 23

3. Exploring Sexual and Political Domination through Film / Barbara Allen 39

4. Shattered but Not Broken: Images of Structural Violence and War by Black Women Filmmakers / Gloria J. Gibson 67

5. Bugles, Bandoliers, and Body Bags: The Soldier's Saga through Film / John P. Lovell 83

6. Making the Classroom a Safe Environment / Barbara Allen 105

7. Why Did the Chicken Cross the Screen? Cognitive and Emotional Considerations in Using Film to Teach about the Manhattan Project and Hiroshima / David Pace 113

8. Sample Study and Discussion Guides / John P. Lovell, William Meyer, Jean Robinson, Barbara Allen, Gloria Gibson 129

9. A Bibliographic Essay on Using Film to Teach about Peace Studies and Structural Violence / Kristine R. Brancolini 141.

Notes:

Filmography: pages [161]-163.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [141]-159) and index.

ISBN:

0275959724

OCLC:

37246761