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Reel To Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies

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Reel To Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies

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In Reel To Real, bell hooks talks back to films as a way to engage the pedagogy of cinema--the way film teaches its audience.

bell hooks comes to film as a cultural critic, fascinated by the issues movies raise--the ways cinema depicts race, sex, and class. Reel To Real collects hooks' classic essays on films such as Paris Is Burning or the infamous "Whose Pussy Is It" essay about Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It, as well as newer work on Pulp Fiction, Crooklyn and Waiting To Exhale. hooks also examines the world of independent cinema. Conversations with filmmakers Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, and Arthur Jaffa are linked with critical essays, including a piece on Larry Clark's Kids, to show that cinema can function subversively as well as maintain the status quo.

Product Details

  • Author: BELL HOOKS
  • Publication Date: 1996-11-22
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Product Group: Book
  • Manufacturer: Routledge
  • Binding: Paperback, 256 pages
  • Package Dimensions:
    • Dimensions: 890L x 600W x 50H
    • Weight: 75
  • List Price: $31.95
  • ISBN: 0415918243
  • ASIN: 0415918243

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Average Amazon User Rating: 5.0 stars

5 stars A Must-Read 2005-12-18

Reviewer: What I Know

bell hooks is as critical and analytical as ever. Of all bell hooks' books that I've read, this is the best. The synopsis above says it all. Now all you have to do is read it. Filmmakers, pop culturalists, and people who think will be in pig-heaven

5 stars bell hooks really gives good information in this one! 2000-12-24

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An excellent book that really gives you something to think about as she examines race, sex and class in America through the movies. I really enjoyed reading her feminist views, and her interviews with filmmakers Charles Burnett, Camille Billops, and AJ (Arthur Jafa).

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