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Popular films can do more than merely entertain us; they can contribute to our understanding of human nature and the ethical theory that is meant to inform it. The rounded portraits of humanity found in film narratives are even more critical to the ethics of care. Without these developed quasi-biographies care ethics is radically incomplete because it stresses concrete relationships between particular individuals and the stories that capture them. The films interpreted here disclose implications for feminist ethics that have been overlooked in less contextualized discussions. In particular, the book examines the relationship between care and: self-transformation, narrative and self-understanding, political life, autonomy, community, and family disintegration. Examining films from the perspective of the care ethics both expands and deepens our understanding of care while the philosophical theory adds depth and aesthetic richness to our appreciation of the films.
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Saturday Night Fever: Self-Care, Moral Growth and Narrative | p. 13 |
| Sea Changes: Failure to Care in The Squid and the Whale | p. 31 |
| The Bonds and Boundaries of Friendship in Friends with Money | p. 47 |
| From Despair to Care: Self-Transformation in Monster's Ball | p. 63 |
| Tuning into Caring Community in Radio | p. 81 |
| Gandhi: The Ethics of Care in the Nation-State | p. 93 |
| Conclusion | p. 113 |
| Index | p. 125 |
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ISBN: 9781841504063
ISBN-10: 1841504068
Audience:
Tertiary; University or College
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 265
Published: 3rd March 2012
Dimensions (cm): 17.4 x 24.0
x 1.0
Weight (kg): 0.236
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