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Of elephants and toothaches : ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue / Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Badowska, Eva.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kieślowski, Krzysztof, 1941-1996--Criticism and interpretation.
- Kieślowski, Krzysztof.
- Dekalog (Television program).
- Television programs--Poland--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Television programs.
- Religion on television.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- LaVergne : Fordham University Press, 2020.
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- A multi- and interdisciplinary collection of essays addressing ethical, political and aesthetic questions raised in the ten-film cycle Decalogue (1989) by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title ; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: "Within unrest, there is always a question"; 1. Rules and Virtues: The Moral Insight of The Decalogue; 2. Tablets of Stone, Tablets of Flesh: Synesthetic Appeal in The Decalogue; 3. Decalogue One: Witnessing a Responsible Ethics of Response from a Jewish Perspective; 4. Visual Reverberations: Decalogue Two and Decalogue Eight; 5. Remember the Sabbath Day, to Keep It Holy: Decalogue Three; 6. Decalogue Four: The Mother up in Smoke, or "Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother"
- 7. Decalogue Five: A Short Film about Killing, Sin, and Community8. States of Exception: Politics and Poetics in Decalogue Six; 9. Decalogue Seven: A Tale of Love, Failing Words, and Moving Images; 10. Decalogue Eight: Childhood, Emotion, and the Shoah; 11. Divine Possession: Metaphysical Covetousness in Decalogue; 12. Laughter Makes Good Neighbors: Sociability and the Comic in Decalogue Ten; Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; Index; A ; B ; C ; D ; E ; F ; G ; H ; I ; J ; K ; L ; M ; N ; O ; P ; R ; S ; T ; U ; V ; W ; Y ; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8232-6712-1
- OCLC:
- 945377741
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