Cinema of Outsiders: The Rise of American Independent Film
- ISBN-10
- 0814751237
- ISBN-13
- 9780814751237
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 601
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-09-01
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Author
- Emanuel Levy
Description
American college campuses, where ideas are freely exchanged, contested, and above all uncensored, are historical hotbeds of political and social turmoil. In the past decade alone, the media has carefully tracked the controversy surrounding the speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at Columbia, the massacres at Virginia Tech, the dismissal of Harvard’s President Lawrence Summers, and the lacrosse team rape case at Duke, among others. No matter what the event, the conflicts that arise on our campuses can be viewed in terms of constitutional principles, which either control or influence outcomes of these events. In turn, constitutional principles are frequently shaped and forged by campus culture, creating a symbiotic relationship in which constitutional values influence the nature of universities, which themselves influence the nature of our constitutional values. In The Constitution Goes to College, Rodney A. Smolla—a former dean and current university president who is an expert on the First Amendment—deftly uses the American university as a lens through which to view the Constitution in action. Drawing on landmark cases and conflicts played out on college campuses, Smolla demonstrates how five key constitutional ideas—the living Constitution, the division between public and private spheres, the distinction between rights and privileges, ordered liberty, and equality—are not only fiercely contested on college campuses, but also dominate the shape and identity of American university life. Ultimately, Smolla compellingly demonstrates that the American college community, like the Constitution, is orderly and hierarchical yet intellectually free and open, a microcosm where these constitutional dichotomies play out with heightened intensity.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
American Independent Cinema
By Geoff KingAmy Taubin, 'Queer Male Cinema and Feminism', Sight and Sound, September 1992, reprinted in Cook and Dodd (eds.), Women and Film, 179. Anat Pick, 'New Queer Cinema and Lesbian Films', in Aaron (ed.), New Queer Cinema, 106.
-
The Outsiders
By S. E. Hinton"The Outsiders transformed young-adult fiction from a genre mostly about prom queens, football players and high school crushes to one that portrayed a darker, truer world." —The New York Times "Taut with tension, filled with drama." ...
-
The Independent Film Channel's Guide to Cinema's New Outsiders
By Colin BrownAnd The Independent Film Channel's (IFC) Guide does just that by identifying and highlighting the work of filmmaking iconoclasts -- directors, editors, cinematographers, producers and marketers -- and putting the depth of their work in ...
-
The Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs and Their Radically Rational Blueprint for Success
By William ThorndikeIt's time to redefine the CEO success story. Meet eight iconoclastic leaders who helmed firms where returns on average outperformed the S&P 500 by more than 20 times.
-
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Inven ted Modern Horror
By Jason Zinoman... Bill Partain, Paul Peckinpah, Sam Pennebaker, D. A. Peraino, Louis “Butchie,” Perkins, Anthony Peter Gunn Peters, Jon Phantasm Phantom of the Paradise Pinter, Harold Pirates of Penzance, The Planet of the Apes Planet of.
-
Parama and Other Outsiders: The Cinema of Aparna Sen
By Shoma A. ChatterjiThis Book Looks At The Cinema Of Aparna Sen In Acomprehensive Manner. Winner Of The National Award For Best Book On Cinema 2002.
-
Insiders and Outsiders in Russian Cinema
By Stephen M. Norris, Zara M. TorloneLucidly written, well researched, persuasively argued, lavishly illustrated, Insiders and Outsiders in Russian Cinema can be read with pleasure and profit by anyone from the general reader interested in Russian culture to the most seasoned ...
-
John Wayne: Prophet of the American Way of Life
By Emanuel LevyJohn Wayne was the most popular and the most durable star in film history.
-
Gay Directors, Gay Films?: Pedro Almodóvar, Terence Davies, Todd Haynes, Gus Van Sant, John Waters
By Emanuel LevyThrough intimate encounters with the life and work of five contemporary gay male directors, this book develops a framework for interpreting what it means to make a gay film or adopt a gay point of view.
-
Cinema, Censorship, and the State: The Writings of Nagisa Oshima, 1956-1978
By Nagisa OshimaA filmography and notes round out this important collection.