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Cinematic political thought : narrating race, nation and gender / Michael J. Shapiro.
LIBRA PN1995.9.P6 S52 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shapiro, Michael J.
- Series:
- Taking on the political
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--Philosophy.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- In Cinematic Political Thought, Michael J. Shapiro investigates aspects of contemporary politics and articulates a critical philosophical perspective with politically disposed treatments of contemporary cinema. Reading such films as Hoop Dreams, Louie Star, Father of the Bride II and To Live and Die in LA through the lens of Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault and Lyotard, Shapiro demonstrates what it can mean to think the political both in terms of cinema studies and in wider aesthetic and social contexts.
- Cinematic Political Thought is a polemical work, aimed at encouraging critical, ethical and political thinking. Its breadth of theoretical scope and empirical reference, and the innovative style of presentation will make it vital reading for anyone with an interest in the conjunction of culture and politics.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0814797504
- 0814797512
- OCLC:
- 42365735
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