| Description |
xxviii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-263) and index. |
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Includes filmography: pages 255-258. |
| Contents |
We've gotta have it--Spike Lee, African American film, and cinema studies / Paula J. Massood -- "Whose pussy is this" : a feminist comment / Bell Hooks -- Programming with School daze / Toni Cade Bambara -- Spike Lee and Black women / Michele Wallace -- But compared to what? reading realism, representation, and essentialism in School daze, Do the right thing, and the Spike Lee discourse / Wahneema Lubiano -- The double truth, Ruth : Do the right thing and the culture of ambiguity / James C. McKelly -- Spike Lee and the fever in the racial jungle / Ed Guerrero -- "Spike, don't mess Malcolm up" : courting controversy and control in Malcolm X / Anna Everett -- Through the looking glass and over the rainbow : exploring the fairy tale in Spike Lee's Crooklyn / Mark D. Cunningham -- Clockers (Spike Lee 1995) : adaptation in black / Keith M. Harris -- Reel men : Get on the bus and the shifting terrain of Black masulinities / S. Craig Watkins -- We shall overcome : preserving history and memory in 4 little girls / Christine Acham -- Spike Lee meets Aaron Copland / Krin Gabbard -- Race and Black American film noir : Summer of Sam as lynching parable / Dan Flory -- Racial kitsch and Black performance / Tavia Nyong'o -- "I be smackin' my hoes" : paradox and authenticity in Bamboozled / Beretta E. Smith-Shomade -- De profundis : a love letter from the inside man / David A. Gerstner. |
| Summary |
The films of Spike Lee consider not only race, but also the blurred interconnections among race, gender, sexuality, and class. These essays aim to spark dialogue and encourage a continuing consideration of the depth and complexity of Spike Lee's career. |
| Subject |
Lee, Spike -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lee -- Spike -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lee, Spike. (OCoLC)fst00201121
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Lee, Spike 1957- (DE-588)119078023
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Lee, Spike.
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Film.
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Lee, Spike.
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Film.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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Aufsatzsammlung.
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| Added Author |
Massood, Paula J., 1965-
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Spike Lee reader. Philadelphia : Temple University Press, ©2008, 2007 (OCoLC)608476455 |
| ISBN |
9781592134847 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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159213484X (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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9781592134854 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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1592134858 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
9781592134847 |
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