Spike Lee's Do the right thing
Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" brings together essays that analyze this controversial film from a variety of perspectives. Among the topics examined are the production history of the film, the use of music, and the urban sociology of New York in the 1980s. Collectively the essays connect the interracial strife of New York as treated in Do the Right Thing with the contemporary social climate of racism in the United States. The volume also includes reviews of the film by influential critics, a …
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- Full title :Spike Lee's Do the right thing / edited by Mark A. Reid.
Summary
Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing" brings together essays that analyze this controversial film from a variety of perspectives. Among the topics examined are the production history of the film, the use of music, and the urban sociology of New York in the 1980s. Collectively the essays connect the interracial strife of New York as treated in Do the Right Thing with the contemporary social climate of racism in the United States. The volume also includes reviews of the film by influential critics, a selection of production stills, a filmography, and a select bibliography.--Back cover.
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- Publication Date:1997.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge [England]
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1997.
The Physical Object
- Description:xii, 162 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521550769, 9780521550765, 0521559545, 9780521559546
- oclc:ocm35620240
- LC Classification:PN1997.D63
- Dewey Decimal:791.4372
Table of Contents
Introduction : the films of Shelton J. Lee / Mark A. Reid -- Reflecting the times : Do the right thing revisited / William Grant -- The cinema of Spike Lee : images of a mosaic city / Catherine Pouzoulet -- Polyphony and cultural expression : interpreting musical traditions in Do the right thing / Victoria E. Johnson -- Aesthetics, ethics, and politics in the films of Spike Lee / Douglas Kellner -- The violence of public art : Do the right thing / W.J.T. Mitchell.
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