The Spike Lee Reader by Paula Massood (English) Paperback Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Spike Lee Reader by Paula Massood Taken together, the essays in The Spike Lee Reader will spark dialogue and encourage a continuing consideration of the depth and complexity of Spike Lees career. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Looking at the films of the prolific, often controversial, and always provocative director Notes Looking at the films of the prolific, often controversial, and always provocative director Author Biography Paula J. Massood is Associate Professor of Film Studies, Department of Film, Brooklyn College, CUNY, and author of Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film (Temple). Table of Contents The Spike Lee Reader Table of Contents Acknowledgements Weve Gotta Have It: Spike Lee, African American Film, and Cinema Studies Paula J. Massood Chapter 1Whose Pussy is This: A Feminist Comment bell hooks Chapter 2 Programming with School Daze Toni Cade Bambara Chapter 3 Spike Lee and Black Women Michele Wallace Chapter 4 But Compared to What?: Reading Realism, Representation, and Essentialism in School Daze, Do the Right Thing, and the Spike Lee Discourse Wahneema Lubiano Chapter 5 The Double Truth, Ruth: Do the Right Thing and the Culture of Ambiguity James C. McKelly Chapter 6 Spike Lee and the Fever in the Racial Jungle Ed Guerrero Chapter 7Spike, Dont Mess Malcolm Up: Courting Controversy and Control in Malcolm X-The Movie Anna Everett Chapter 8 Through the Looking Glass and Over the Rainbow: Exploring the Fairy Tale in Spike Lees Crooklyn Mark D. Cunningham Chapter 9 Clockers (Spike Lee 1995): Adaptation in Black Keith M. Harris Chapter 10 Reel Men: Get on the Bus and the Shifting Terrain of Black Masculinities S. Craig Watkins Chapter 11 We Shall Overcome: Preserving History and Memory in 4 Little Girls Christine Acham Chapter 12 Spike Lee Meets Aaron Copeland Krin Gabbard Chapter 13 Race and Black American Film Noir: Summer of Sam as Lynching Parable Dan Flory Chapter 14 Racial Kitsch and Black Performance Tavia Nyongo Chapter 15 I Be Smackin My Hoes: Paradox and Authenticity in Bamboozled Beretta Smith-Shomade Chapter 16 De Profundis: A Love letter from the Inside Man David Gerstner Notes on Contributors Select Bibliography Filmography (including exec. prod. credits and television segments) Index Review "No filmmaker touches the nerves of Americans, black and white alike, as Spike Lee does. Throughout his career, he has been a necessary provocateur in our national conversation about race. These essays provide comprehensive analysis of his films and articulate why he is such a potent force in our cultural landscape."-Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University "While there have been various articles, chapters in books and books about individual films from Lee, there has not been a collection of scholarly essays examining a broad range of his films until now. In The Spike Lee Reader, Paula Massood has gathered a strong collection of essays." Black Camera "The Spike Lee Reader includes new and several well-known pieces previously published about Lees work. The previously published pieces work seamlessly with the newer additions. These pieces provide a foundation to remind readers of the discourse established in response to the first decade of his career concerning representations of gender, sexuality, and class... The Spike Lee Reader is a necessary addition to the library of researchers and scholars in film and cultural studies. It is also a theoretically rich, interdisciplinary text that will be of use for upper division undergraduate and graduate courses on film, popular culture, and Ethnic Studies." - American Studies Promotional Looking at the films of the prolific, often controversial, and always provocative director Long Description Looking at the films of the prolific, often controversial, and always provocative director Review Quote "The major strength of the work is its combination of classic and new scholarly works on Spike Lees films, which nicely brings us up-to-date on how Lee as cultural provocateur has dialogued with the major racial controversies of the past 20 years. . . . students of film studies and cultural studies will find it provocative."--Darnell Hunt, Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, University of California Los Angeles Promotional "Headline" Looking at the films of the prolific, often controversial, and always provocative director Description for Bookstore From his stunning debut, Shes Gotta Have It , to his incendiary Do the Right Thing , through Jungle Fever , Bamboozled , and even Inside Man , Spike Lee has found loyal fans and fervid detractors, as well as critical praise, if not always box office success. Lees films have sparked critical inquiries into the nature of genres, the role of the auteur, and the question of whether there is, in fact, a black cinematic aesthetic. According to some critics, Lees films challenge viewers to engage intellectually with a cinematic "text," to revel in and deconstruct the complexities of each films polyphonic visual and aural fields. Gathered in this anthology are critical writings on Spike Lees films by leading scholars in the fields of cinema studies and African American studies. In sixteen new and reprinted essays, the contributors to The Spike Lee Reader consider the nexus of race, gender, and sexuality in Lees work, and in so doing encourage readers to further explore the cultural, social, and political implications of Lees films as well as his entire body of work. Contributors include: Christine Acham, Toni Cade Bambara, Mark D. Cunningham, Anna Everett, Daniel Flory, Krin Gabbard, David A. Gerstner, Ed Guerrero, Keith M. Harris, bell hooks, Wahneema Lubiano, James C. McKelly, Tavia Nyongo, Beretta E. Smith-Shomade, Michele Wallace, S. Craig Watkins, and the editor. Details ISBN1592134858 Language English ISBN-10 1592134858 ISBN-13 9781592134854 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2008 Imprint Temple University Press,U.S. Place of Publication Philadelphia PA Country of Publication United States Short Title SPIKE LEE READER Pages 312 DOI 10.1604/9781592134854 AU Release Date 2008-02-15 NZ Release Date 2008-02-15 US Release Date 2008-02-15 UK Release Date 2008-02-15 Edited by Paula Massood Author Paula Massood Publisher Temple University Press,U.S. Publication Date 2008-02-15 DEWEY 791.430233092 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. 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