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African American Film Noir and Philosophy: Racing Shadow and Light

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Availability:In StockContributor:Dan FloryPublish date:11/13/2025Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350496828ISBN-10:1350496820UPC:9781350496828Book Category:Philosophy, Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Film, Race & Ethnic RelationsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCJY08Z1NZ

How have feelings, presumptions, and preconceptions concerning racialized Blackness intersected with film noir? Dan Flory relies on recent advances in philosophy of film, philosophy of emotion, cognitive film theory, and critical philosophy of race to guide his analyses of this well-known film genre.
Making sense of techniques, themes, and characterizations filmmakers have used in order to structure movies into film noirs, Flory focuses on those viewer responses that are not consciously registered by higher-level forms of cognition. He argues that embodied, affective, and implicit reactions are key to understanding how film noir typically conveys ideas, feelings, and perspectives concerning race.
Noir films by African American and other artists have frequently sought to elicit such embodied responses, rendering their investigation vital. In many cases, these artists have created works that aim, either explicitly or implicitly, to be filmed in the guise of philosophy by generating serious thoughtful reflection. By using advances from these theoretical subfields in conjunction with developments in mainstream, African American, and other kinds of filmmaking, Flory elucidates many under-analyzed dimensions of noir films and their intersection with racialized Blackness. Aiming to both diagnose as well as seek ways to overcome socio-political problems concerning anti-Blackness, Black invisibility, and the epistemic injustices they generate, Flory paves the way for revolutionary moral change.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury AcademicISBN-13:9781350496828ISBN-10:1350496820UPC:9781350496828Book Category:Philosophy, Performing Arts, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Film, Race & Ethnic RelationsSize:9.21 x 6.14 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.131Product ID:SCJY08Z1NZ
Dan Flory is Professor of Philosophy at Montana State University. He is author of Philosophy, Black Film, Film Noir (2008) and co-editor of Race, Philosophy, and Film (2013).
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

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