Race, philosophy, and film / edited by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Dan Flory.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloodsworth-Lugo, Mary K.

Flory, Dan.

Series:

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 50.

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minorities in motion pictures.

Race in motion pictures.

Race--Philosophy.

Race.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection fills a gap in the current literature in philosophy and film by focusing on the question: How would thinking in philosophy and film be transformed if race were formally incorporated moved from its margins to the center? The collection's contributors anchor their discussions of race through considerations of specific films and television series, which serve as illustrative examples from which the essays' theorizations are drawn. Inclusive and current in its selection of films and genres, the collection incorporates dramas, comedies, horror, and science fiction films (a

Contents:

pt. I. Epistemology

pt. II. Aesthetics

pt. III. Moral philosophy

pt. IV. Social and political philosophy

pt. V. Technology and the (lived) body.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

Contains:

Flory, Dan. Imaginitive resistance and the White gaze in Machete and The Help.

ISBN:

1-136-25043-3

0-203-10463-3

1-299-46915-9

1-136-25044-1

9780203104637

OCLC:

840417445