| Description |
x, 358 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-334) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: Critical Perspectives on Documentary Forms and Concepts -- Documentary Studies: Dimensions of transition and continuity / John Corner -- The Question of Evidence, the Power of Rhetoric and Documentary Film / Bill Nichols -- First-person Films: Some theses on self-inscription / Michael Renov -- '... To Leave the Confinements of His Humanness': authorial voice, death and constructions of nature in Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man / Thomas Austin -- Collective Subjectivity in The Children of Golzow vs. Alienation in 'Western' Interview Documentary / Silke Panse -- Documentary as Critical and Creative Research / Mike Wayne -- Reframing Ethnographic Film / Paul Basu -- Transcendental Realism in Documentary / Erik Knudsen -- Filming 'the Invisible' / Michael Chanan -- Part II: The Changing Faces of Documentary Production -- Developing and Producing a Feature Documentary: The case of Deep Water / Wilma de Jong -- Filmmakers and Their Subjects / Jerry Rothwell -- From Eight-Man Crew to One-Woman Band: My life in television / Marilyn Gaunt -- 'You Want to Know That, This Is Real, This Is What Happened': An interview with John Smithson / Wilma de Jong and Thomas Austin -- 'The Idea That There's a "Truth" That You Discover Is Like Chasing the End of a Rrainbow': An interview with Ralph Lee / Wilma de Jong -- Rice N Peas: Alternative, independent and provocative / Ishmahil Blagrove, Jr -- 'The Importance of Memory': An interview with Ai Xiaoming / Sue Thornham -- Part III: Contemporary Documentary: Borders, Neighbours and Disputed Territories -- Drama-documentary, Ethics and Notions of Performance: The 'Flight 93' Films / Paul Ward -- Mockumentary: A call to play -- Documentary Modes of Engagement / Annette Hill -- 'Ask the Fastidious Woman from Surbiton to Hand-wash the Underpants of the Aging Oldham Skinhead ...': Why not Wife Swap? / Su Holmes and Deborah Jermyn -- Simulating the Public Sphere / Jon Dovey -- The Work of Work: Reality TV and the negotiation of neo-liberal labour in The Apprentice / Nick Couldry and Jo Littler -- Part IV: Digital and Online Documentaries: Opportunities and Limitations -- Documentary Viewing Platforms / Ana Vicente -- Online Documentary / Danny Birchall -- Public Domains: Engaging Iraq through experimental documentary digitalities / Patricia R. Zimmermann -- Documentary on YouTube: The failure of the direct cinema of the slogan / Alexandra Juhasz |
| Summary |
"From a boom in theatrical features to footage posted on websites such as YouTube and Google Video, the early years of the 21st century have witnessed significant changes in the technological, commercial, aesthetic, political, and social dimensions of documentaries on film, television, and the web. In response to these rapid developments this book rethinks the notion of documentary, in terms of theory, practice, and object/s of study. Drawing together 26 original essays from scholars and pracitioners, it critically assesses ideas and constructions of documentary and, where necessary, proposes new tools and arguments with which to examine this complex and shifting terrain"--Publisher description. |
| Subject |
Documentary mass media.
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Documentary mass media. |
| Added Author |
Austin, Thomas, 1966-
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De Jong, Wilma.
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| ISBN |
9780335221912 paperback |
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0335221912 paperback |
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9780335221929 hardback |
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0335221920 hardback |
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