Nichols, Bill, 1942-

Blurred boundaries : questions of meaning in contemporary culture / Bill Nichols. - xvii, 187 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-182) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Embodied Knowledge and the Politics of Location: An Evocation -- The Trials and Tribulations of Rodney King -- At the Limits of Reality (TV) -- The Ethnographer's Tale -- Performing Documentary -- Eisenstein's Strike and the Genealogy of Documentary -- Please, All You Good and Honest People: Film Form and Historical Consciousness -- Notes -- Index. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.

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Historical films--History and criticism
Motion pictures in ethnology
Documentary television programs--United States
Television broadcasting of news--United States
Culture in motion pictures

PN1995.9.D6 / N538 1994

070.18