Cinema, media, and human flourishing / edited by Timothy Corrigan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corrigan, Timothy, 1951- editor.

Series:

The humanities and human flourishing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--Social aspects.

Motion pictures.

Happiness.

Human beings--Philosophy.

Human beings.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 169 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

"The range of topics in this volume covers a multitude of historical periods and topics, which in turn figure in the new media environments of contemporary life. These include discussions of the Aristotelian and classical models of a "good life" that inform animated fairy tales today, 1930s French and Hollywood films which respond to the dire need for productive human relationships in a turbulent decade, the polemical positions of black film criticism through the lens of James Baldwin's work, a discussion of contemporary filmic quests for happiness, the challenges for women filmmakers today in mapping the values of their own world, landscapes of austerity and poverty in the cinematic homelands today, the scientific, psychological, and philosophical base for human value, and the shifting media frames of modern society and selves"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I CINEMATIC QUESTS FOR HUMAN VALUE

1. The Lost Optimism of Modern Movie Fairytales Angus Fletcher

2. Media-ting Happiness Lucy Fischer

3. Human Flourishing, Philosophical Naturalism, and Aesthetic Value Murray Smith

4. Cinema and Creative Community Dudley Andrew

pt. II HUMAN FLOURISHING ON THE MARGINS OF THE FRAME

5. Fiendish Devices: Human Flourishing and the Black Watching Subject / Ellen C. Scott

6. Human Relationship as Human Value in Studio-Era Hollywood / Dana Polan

7. Sentimental Miseducation: Women Directors Coming of Age / Patricia White

8. Learning to Adapt: From Pathology to Splendor / Timothy Corrigan

9. Austerity Media and Human Flourishing / Patrice Petro.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Cinema, media, and human flourishing

ISBN:

9780197624197

0197624197

9780197624180

0197624189

OCLC:

1336892421

Publisher Number:

99993272559