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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452942503321

Titolo

Race, philosophy, and film / / edited by Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo and Dan Flory

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

0-203-10463-3

1-299-46915-9

1-136-25044-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in contemporary philosophy ; ; 50

Altri autori (Persone)

Bloodsworth-LugoMary K

FloryDan

Disciplina

791.43/6529

Soggetti

Minorities in motion pictures

Race in motion pictures

Race - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Epistemology -- pt. II. Aesthetics -- pt. III. Moral philosophy -- pt. IV. Social and political philosophy -- pt. V. Technology and the (lived) body.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection fills a gap in the current literature in philosophy and film by focusing on the question: How would thinking in philosophy and film be transformed if race were formally incorporated moved from its margins to the center? The collection's contributors anchor their discussions of race through considerations of specific films and television series, which serve as illustrative examples from which the essays' theorizations are drawn. Inclusive and current in its selection of films and genres, the collection incorporates dramas, comedies, horror, and science fiction films (a