TY  - BOOK
AU  - Janice D. Hamlet
AU  - Robin R. Means Coleman
PY  - 2009
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader
T2  - Foreword by Spike Lee
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1104587
N2  - Shelton Jackson «Spike» Lee is one of the most culturally influential and provocative film directors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Bringing together seminal writings – from classic scholarship to new research – this book focuses on this revolutionary film auteur and cultural provocateur to explore contemporary questions around issues of race, politics, sexuality, gender roles, filmmaking, commercialism, celebrity, and the role of media in public discourse.  Situating Lee as an important contributor to a variety of American discourses, the book highlights his commitment to exploring issues of relevance to the Black community. His work demands that his audiences take inventory of his and their understandings of the complexities of race relations, the often deleterious influence of media messages, the long term legacy of racism, the liberating effects of sexual freedom, the controversies that arise from colorism, the separatist nature of classism, and the cultural contributions and triumphs of historical figures.  This book seeks to stimulate continued debate by examining the complexities in Lee’s various sociopolitical claims and their ideological impacts.
KW  - Film auteur, Lee, Spike, Aufsatzsammlung, African American, African American film, American cinema, Black /film
LA  - English
ER  -