Image from Coce

New documentary : a critical introduction / Stella Bruzzi.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000Description: 199 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415182956
  • 9780415182959
  • 0415182964
  • 9780415182966
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.18 21
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.D6 B78 2000
Contents:
Introduction -- Ground rules -- The event: archive and newsreel -- Narration: the film and its voice -- The legacy of direct cinema -- Documentary journeys -- New observational documentary: from 'docusoaps' to reality television -- Performance -- The president and the image -- The performative documentary -- New directions -- Contemporary documentaries: performance and success.
Summary: "New Documentary provides a comprehensive account of the last two decades of documentary filmmaking in the US, Britain and Europe. Bruzzi discusses key genres, filmmakers, and issues for the study of non-fiction film and television. Bruzzi discusses the relationship between recent, innovative examples of the genre and the more established canon of documentary. She also explores how issues of gender identity, queer theory, performance, "race" and spectatorship are important to our understanding of contemporary documentary."--Publisher description.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 070.18 BRU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Issued 11/10/2024 A269356B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-193) and index.

Introduction -- Ground rules -- The event: archive and newsreel -- Narration: the film and its voice -- The legacy of direct cinema -- Documentary journeys -- New observational documentary: from 'docusoaps' to reality television -- Performance -- The president and the image -- The performative documentary -- New directions -- Contemporary documentaries: performance and success.

"New Documentary provides a comprehensive account of the last two decades of documentary filmmaking in the US, Britain and Europe. Bruzzi discusses key genres, filmmakers, and issues for the study of non-fiction film and television. Bruzzi discusses the relationship between recent, innovative examples of the genre and the more established canon of documentary. She also explores how issues of gender identity, queer theory, performance, "race" and spectatorship are important to our understanding of contemporary documentary."--Publisher description.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha