The philosophy of Spike Lee / edited by Mark T. Conard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Conard, Mark T., 1965-

Series:

Philosophy of popular culture

The philosophy of popular culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lee, Spike--Criticism and interpretation.

Lee, Spike.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

ix, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2011]

Contents:

Preface

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

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 / 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

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813133805

0813133807

9780813133812

0813133815

OCLC:

682895318