Girgus, Sam. 　著

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Part I. Embodying a New Race for America: The Question of American Hopein Mississippi Masala and Lone Star: 1. Mississippi Masala: merging ethnicand racial images; 2. Lone Star: an archeology of American culture and theAmerican psyche; Part II. Great Fights for the Century: 3. Raging Bull:revisioning the body, soul and cinema; 4. The black gladiator and theSpartacus syndrome: Race, redemption, and the ring; Part III. The Image andthe Word: Literature and Film: 5. 'Fresh starts': Bugsy, The Great Gatsby,and the American dream; 6. Imaging masochism and the politics of pain:'facing' the word in the cinetext of Seize the Day; Part IV. Documentary andFiction: 7. Documenting the body in Modern Times: Love, play, and repressionin Chaplin's silent classic; 8. Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, and the rebirthof Malcolm X: Cinetext for a black American dream.