Insights from Film into Violence and Oppression: Shattered Dreams of the Good Life

by John P. Lovell (Editor)

Overview

This book brings specialists in religious studies, African-American studies, history, and political science, together with a media librarian to examine violence as it is presented in films and how instructors can use films to teach about violence. The object of inquiry is the vulnerability of socially oppressed people to physical violence and to institutionalized patterns of discrimination, herein termed structural violence. The susceptibility of women to violence provides an example that is discussed in detail, revealing both merits and weaknesses in film treatment of gender. The full effect of violence is considered, from the abuse of the individual to the wartime mobilization of entire societies. Chapters also look at the benefits and problems of using films in the classroom and provide resources helpful to instructors, such as sample discussion and study guides, a bibliography, and a filmography.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275959722
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/26/1998
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.56(d)
Lexile:	1410L (what's this?)

About the Author

JOHN P. LOVELL is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington, and was the first (1989-1994) Director of the multidisciplinary Indiana Center on Global Change and World Peace.

Table of Contents

Preface
Issues
Structural Violence, Peace, and the Good Life by William J. Meyer
She Doth Protest Too Much, or Does She?: An Essay on Gender, Violence, and Domination by Jean C. Robinson
Exploring Sexual and Political Domination Through Film by Barbara Allen
Shattered But Not Broken: Images of Structural Violence and War by Black Women Film Makers by Gloria J. Gibson
Bugles, Bandoliers, and Body Bags: The Soldier's Saga Through Film by John P. Lovell
Caveats
Making the Classroom a Safe Environment by Barbara Allen
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Screen?: Cognitive and Emotional Considerations in Using Films to Teach About the Manhattan Project and Hiroshima by David Pace
Resources
Sample Study and Discussion Guides by Various Contributors
A Bibliographic Essay on Using Film to Teach About Peace Studies and Structural Violence by Kristine R. Brancolini
Filmography and Index of Films by Kristine R. Brancolini
Index

Editorial Reviews

Ten contributions discuss the ways in which films can be used to teach students about domestic and international violence, particularly against oppressed segments of society. The authors discuss instruction on such subjects as sexual and political domination, the life of soldiers, the Manhattan Project, the atomic blast at Hiroshima, and the depiction of war by black women filmmakers. The editor includes a bibliographic essay on using film to teach peace studies and structural violence, and a filmography. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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