Research Catalog

Title

Of elephants and toothaches : ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue / Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani, editors.

Publication

• New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Badowska, Eva
• Parmeggiani, Francesca

Description

vi, 243 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Kieślowski, Krzysztof, 1941-1996 > Criticism and interpretation
• Kieślowski, Krzysztof, 1941-1996
• Dekalog (Television program)
• Television programs > Moral and ethical aspects > Poland
• Religion on television
• Television programs > Moral and ethical aspects
• Poland

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction : "Within unrest, there is always a question" / Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani -- Rules and virtues : the moral insight of The Decalogue / William Jaworski -- Tablets of stone, tablets of flesh : synesthetic appeal in The Decalogue / Joseph G. Kickasola -- Decalogue one : witnessing a responsible ethics of response from a Jewish perspective / Moshe Gold -- Visual reverberations : Decalogue Two and Decalogue Eight / Eva M. Stadler -- Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy : Decalogue Three / Joseph W. Koterski, S.J. -- Decalogue Four : "The Mother Up in Smoke, or "Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother" / Gabriella Ripa di Meana -- Decalogue Five : a short film about killing, sin, and community / Michael Baur -- States of exception : politics and poetics in Decalogue Six / Eva Badowska -- Decalogue Seven : a tale of love, failing words, and moving images / Francesca Parmeggiani -- Decalogue Eight : childhood, emotion, and the shoah / Emma Wilson -- Divine possession : metaphysical covetousness in Decalogue Nine / Philip Sicker -- Laughter makes good neighbors : sociability and the comic in Decalogue Ten / Regina Small.

Call Number

MWGV (Poland) 16-4583

ISBN

• 9780823267101
• 0823267105
• 9780823269273
• 0823269272

LCCN

2015017365

OCLC

909326345

Title

Of elephants and toothaches : ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue / Eva Badowska and Francesca Parmeggiani, editors.

Publisher

New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.

Copyright Date

©2016

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Badowska, Eva, editor.

Parmeggiani, Francesca, editor.

Research Call Number

MWGV (Poland) 16-4583