{"product_id":"philosophy-black-film-film-noir-dan-flory-9780271033440","title":"Philosophy, Black Film, Film Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the past two decades, African American filmmakers like Spike Lee have made significant contributions to the dialogue about race in the United States by adapting techniques from classic \u003ci\u003efilm noir \u003c\/i\u003eto black American cinema. This book is the first to examine these artistic innovations in detail from a philosophical perspective informed by both cognitive film theory and critical race theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Flory explores the techniques and themes that are used in black \u003ci\u003efilm noir \u003c\/i\u003eto orchestrate the audience's emotions of sympathy and empathy felt toward morally complex characters whom people might not typically find appealing in real life, such as thugs, drug dealers, or murderers. Using an approach that combines the cognitive insights of theorists like David Bordwell, Noël Carroll, and Murray Smith with the reflective Wittgensteinian methods for considering film employed by Stanley Cavell, Stephen Mulhall, and William Rothman, Flory shows how these films scrutinize the state of race in America, induce their viewers to do so as well, and illuminate the ways in which categories of race have defined and continue to direct much of our vision of the moral self and what counts as appropriate moral sensibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dan Flory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271033444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271033440\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/08\/2008 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2009","brand":"Dan Flory","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064809173247,"sku":"9780271033440","price":83.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed88be10-de17-4efe-91a6-118df3e50035.jpg?v=1768671170","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/philosophy-black-film-film-noir-dan-flory-9780271033440","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}