Synopses & Reviews
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.
Review
This book is a stimulating and informative guide for integrating film in teaching. It offers a provocative theoretical discussion--especially insightful are several chapters that examine gender, violence and domination--combined with useful practical applications, such as advice on classroom techniques and an extensive review of resources, including book and the internet.Eugene Rosi Executive Assistant to the President Pine Manor College
Review
Violence can be domestic and subtle as well as abroad and brutal. This volume will help bring these issues alive through the use of film...A reflective discussion and resource book for those of us not yet skilled in the use of media in tackling difficult subjects in the classroom.Judith H. Stiehm Professor of Political Science Florida International University
Review
[This book's] interdisciplinary approach to the role of film and violence in our culture makes the text valuable not only in film studies courses, but for any course dealing with oppression and violence, including women's studies, political science, sociology, and popular culture courses....[I]t promises to spark lively debate and thoughtful analysis.Lynn Kamenitsa Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women's Studies Northern Illinois University
Synopsis
An interdisciplinary collection of scholars explore the representations of violence in films and how films can be used to teach about violence.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-160) and index. Filmography: p. [161]-163.
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