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Kubrick and Race

PUBLISHER Liverpool University Press (03/04/2025)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

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Kubrick and Race investigates race and racism in Stanley Kubrick's oeuvre. At first glance, Kubrick's films are very white, but his work with race is complex. Sometimes he addressed race covertly, indirectly, in hidden ways, or in the background, so that race becomes a palimpsest that is visible through the foreground story. Did Kubrick repress and deny racial inequities? Do his works condone and participate in racism, or did he represent it as a lived reality? This volume asks these questions, opening a discussion that is long overdue. Operating from a clear understanding of the contemporary context, the book spans past, present, and future, offering readers a chance to witness - afresh - ways in which Kubrick and his prolific work allow one to criss-cross academic disciplines as varied as communication, literature, psychiatry, media, film, and Black studies. This collection of essays opens new routes to and from Kubrick, in and out of the academy, convincingly and exhaustively.

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ISBN-13: 9781836243502
ISBN-10: 1836243502
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 232
Carton Quantity: 30
Product Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.56 x 9.21 inches
Weight: 1.11 pound(s)
Country of Origin: US
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Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Historical
Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Horror
Performing Arts | Film - Genres - Science Fiction & Fantasy
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Kubrick and Race investigates race and racism in Stanley Kubrick's oeuvre. At first glance, Kubrick's films are very white, but his work with race is complex. Sometimes he addressed race covertly, indirectly, in hidden ways, or in the background, so that race becomes a palimpsest that is visible through the foreground story. Did Kubrick repress and deny racial inequities? Do his works condone and participate in racism, or did he represent it as a lived reality? This volume asks these questions, opening a discussion that is long overdue. Operating from a clear understanding of the contemporary context, the book spans past, present, and future, offering readers a chance to witness - afresh - ways in which Kubrick and his prolific work allow one to criss-cross academic disciplines as varied as communication, literature, psychiatry, media, film, and Black studies. This collection of essays opens new routes to and from Kubrick, in and out of the academy, convincingly and exhaustively.

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Editor: Pezzotta, Elisa
Elisa Pezzotta, Albino, Italy, is "cultore della materia" of history and critique of cinema at the University of Bergamo. Her work has been published in "Wide Screen", "Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media", and "Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance", and she is the author of "La narrazione complessa nel cinema di Stanley Kubrick: "2001: Odissea nello spazio e" Eyes Wide Shut" in "Ai confini della comprensione".
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