Reel to real : race, sex, and class at the movies / Bell Hooks.
Reel to real : race, sex, and class at the movies / Bell Hooks.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 1996.
Date
1996.
Call Numbers
N302.2343/9
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Language
English
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Physical content
244 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Introduction: making movie magic -- 2. Good girls look the other way -- 3. Transgression and transformation: Leaving Las Vegas -- 4. Exotica: breaking down to break through -- 5. Crooklyn: the denial of death -- 6. Cool cynicism: Pulp Fiction -- 7. Mock feminism: Waiting to Exhale -- 8. Kids: tra...
19. The oppositional gaze: black female spectators -- 20. Is paris burning? -- 21. "Whose pussy is this?" a feminist comment.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Routledge, 1996.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1996.
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Summary
Although it may not be the goal of filmmaker, most of us learn something when we watch movies. They make us think. They make us feel. Occasionally they have the power to transform lives. In Reel to Real, Bell Hooks talks back to films she has watched as a way to engage the pedagogy of cinema - how film teaches its audience. Bell Hooks comes to film...
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Reel to real : race, sex, and class at the movies / Bell Hooks.
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Includes index.
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N302.2343/9
Record Identifier
74VvpWMKQNJy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvpWMKQNJy
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ISBN
0415918243 (PB : acid-free cover)
9780415918237 (HB : acid-free cover)
0415918235 (HB : acid-free cover)
9780415918244 (PB : acid-free cover)
DDC
302.2343
MMS ID
991005299409702626
