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Title

  • Of elephants and toothaches : ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue

Names

  • Badowska, Eva, editor.
  • Parmeggiani, Francesca, editor.

Created / Published

  • New York : Fordham University Press, 2016.

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.

Headings

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

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (vi, 243 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PN1992.77.D44

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020715475

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Chicago citation style:

Badowska, Eva, and Francesca Parmeggiani, editor. Of elephants and toothaches: ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715475/.

APA citation style:

Badowska, E. & Parmeggiani, F., editor. (2016) Of elephants and toothaches: ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue. New York: Fordham University Press. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715475/.

MLA citation style:

Badowska, Eva, and Francesca Parmeggiani, editor. Of elephants and toothaches: ethics, politics, and religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue. New York: Fordham University Press, 2016. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020715475/>.