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Theorizing documentary / edited by Michael Renov.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: AFI film readersPublisher: New York : Routledge, 1993Description: ix, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0415903815
  • 9780415903813
  • 0415903823
  • 9780415903820
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 070.18 20
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.D6 T45 1993
Contents:
Introduction : the truth about non-fiction ; Toward a poetics of documentary / Michael Renov -- The documentary film as scientific inscription / Brian Winston -- Document and documentary : on the persistence of historical concepts / Philip Rosen -- The totalizing quest of meaning / Trinh T. Minh-ha -- Jargons of authenticity (three American moments) / Paul Arthur -- Constantly performing the documentary : the seductive promise of Lightning Over Water / Susan Scheibler -- (Not) looking for origins : postmodernism, documentary, and America / Ana M. López -- Notes on AIDS and its combatants : an appreciation / Bill Horrigan -- "Getting to know you..." : knowledge, power, and the body / Bill Nichols.
Summary: "A key collection of essays that looks at the specific issues related to the documentary form. Questions addressed include `What is documentary?' and `How fictional is nonfiction?'"--Publisher description.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 070.18 THE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 0 Available A427915B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 070.18 THE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A501092B

Filmography: p. 247-251.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245).

Introduction : the truth about non-fiction ; Toward a poetics of documentary / Michael Renov -- The documentary film as scientific inscription / Brian Winston -- Document and documentary : on the persistence of historical concepts / Philip Rosen -- The totalizing quest of meaning / Trinh T. Minh-ha -- Jargons of authenticity (three American moments) / Paul Arthur -- Constantly performing the documentary : the seductive promise of Lightning Over Water / Susan Scheibler -- (Not) looking for origins : postmodernism, documentary, and America / Ana M. López -- Notes on AIDS and its combatants : an appreciation / Bill Horrigan -- "Getting to know you..." : knowledge, power, and the body / Bill Nichols.

"A key collection of essays that looks at the specific issues related to the documentary form. Questions addressed include `What is documentary?' and `How fictional is nonfiction?'"--Publisher description.

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