{"product_id":"9798216471967","title":"Entertaining Social Justice Through the Critical Lenses of Michael Moore, Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, and Barbara Kopple","description":"\u003ch1\u003eEntertaining Social Justice\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThrough the Critical Lenses of Michael Moore, Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, and Barbara Kopple\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJoel Pfister\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThinking through movies is a way to think through America. But are there limits to what film can do to entertain the promise of social change and justice? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoel Pfister places the films of Michael Moore, Spike Lee, Ava DuVernay, and Barbara Kopple in conversation with each other in the context of American social (in)justice. Rather than pigeonholing Moore, Lee, DuVernay, and Kopple as celebrated \"social justice\" filmmakers, however, Pfister contends that their influence extends beyond the limits of a contested term already strategically co-opted by the film industry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFar from adhering to a sanitized definition or brand, these visionary filmmakers have instead dared us to fundamentally rethink the scope and stakes of social justice in the United States. Pfister's analysis incisively demonstrates how their combined and conceptually generative filmographies – including landmark films such as \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 9\/11 \u003c\/i\u003e(2004), \u003ci\u003eDo the Right Thing \u003c\/i\u003e(1989), \u003ci\u003eSelma \u003c\/i\u003e(2014), and \u003ci\u003eHarlan County, USA \u003c\/i\u003e(1976) – not only raise questions about social injustice but, in concert, help us envision a systemic social justice upon which to build in the  present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoel Pfister\u003c\/b\u003e is Olin Professor of English and Professor of American Studies at Wesleyan University, USA.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e04 February 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216471967\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e224\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51331266936972,"sku":"9798216471967","price":25.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9798216471967","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}