{"product_id":"spike-lees-america-hardback-9780745651811","title":"Spike Lee's America (Hardback) 9780745651811","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpike Lee's America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Sterritt (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745651811, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 December 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14.7 x 2.7 cm, 0.445 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Though he comes to praise Lee's oeuvre, Sterrit is even-handed with both critics and director.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Respectful, refreshingly passionate, colloquial at times, but with keen eye for accurate criticism and shrewd analysis\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eMedia International Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Perfectly readable, mercifully free of cliched characterisations of the director as an 'angry black man' - and informative enough to recommend as a reference tool for Spike beginners.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eSight \u0026amp; Sound\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Writing perceptively about class, race and recent US history (as well as the movies) Sterritt steers refreshingly far from the academic waffle that can plague this kind of book, and builds a reasoned portrait of one of America's punchiest commentators.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eTotal Film\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An optimal introduction to the career of one of America's most prominent filmmakers.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003e25fps\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Not just an interesting read, the book is also a great educational resource for film students, and a truly excellent map for exploring one of the major genres of African-American film-making.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eHistorical Journal of Film, Radio and Television\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"My admiration for Spike Lee has always been substantial, but thanks to this book I now admire him even more. Although David Sterritt does not blink at the many dilemmas the films present, he has greatly enriched our appreciation as well as our understanding of Spike Lee's cinema.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKrin Gabbard, Stony Brook University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Since his filmmaking debut in the mid-eighties, Spike Lee has become one of the most influential African American directors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Through clear and cogent prose, David Sterritt also illustrates what makes Lee one of the finest American filmmakers working today.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003ePaula Massood, Brooklyn College\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpike Lee has directed, written, produced, and acted in dozens of films that present an expansive, nuanced, proudly opinionated, and richly multifaceted portrait of American society. As the only African-American filmmaker ever to establish a world-class career, Lee has paid acute attention to the experiences of racial and ethnic minorities. But white men and women also play important roles in his movies, and his interest in class, race, and urban life hasn’t prevented his films from ranging over broad swaths of the American scene in stories as diverse as the audiences who view them. His defining trait is a willingness to raise hard questions about contemporary America without pretending to have easy answers; his pictures are designed to challenge and provoke us, not ease our minds or pacify our emotions. The opening words of his 1989 masterpiece \u003ci\u003eDo the Right Thing\u003c\/i\u003e present his core message in two emphatic syllables: “Wake up!”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpike Lee’s America\u003c\/i\u003e is a vibrant and provocative engagement not only with the work of a great filmmaker, but also with American society and politics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Challenging Questions, No Easy Answers 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Early Joints 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Right Thing and the Love Supreme 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Deeper into Politics 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Brownstones in the Nabe, Projects in the Hood 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Women and Men, Blacks and Whites 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Crime, War, Miracles 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Expanding Horizons 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilmography 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52407322050840,"sku":"9780745651811","price":51.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745651811.jpg?v=1784161528","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/spike-lees-america-hardback-9780745651811","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}