Film and ethics : what would you have done? / edited by Jacqui Miller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miller, Jacqui, editor.

Series:

Liverpool Hope University studies in ethics series ; Volume 11.

Liverpool Hope University Studies in Ethics Series ; Volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Moral and ethical aspects.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book forms part of the multi-disciplinary Studies in Ethics Series from Liverpool Hope University. It explores the slipperiness of ethics as a concept and demonstrates the multiplicity of intellectual inquiry within contemporary Film Studies. At first glance, 'ethics' is not necessarily a subject conventionally associated with film. Film is often regarded as a form of 'lowbrow' popular culture, either offering bland entertainment or deliberately setting out to shock - or, more cynically...

Contents:

CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE - "RAPE, ULTRA-VIOLENCE AND BEETHOVEN"; CHAPTER TWO - CONFESSIONS OF A NAZI SPY; CHAPTER THREE - THE UNWRITTEN MORAL CODE IN RECENT INDIAN CINEMA; CHAPTER FOUR - MORALITY, POLITICS AND SELF-INTEREST; CHAPTER FIVE - THE FILM SPECTATOR AS "BRICOLEUR"; CHAPTER SIX - THE WIRE; CHAPTER SEVEN - THE ETHICS OF INTIMACY; CHAPTER EIGHT - FROM FILTH TO FAME; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4438-6646-6

OCLC:

890530432