Innovation in Ethnographic Film From Innocence to Self-Consciousness, 1955-1985

Name: Innovation in Ethnographic Film From Innocence to Self-Consciousness, 1955-1985
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ISBN: 9780226492261

ISBN-10: 0226492265

ISBN-13: 9780226492261

Edition: 1993

Authors: Peter Loizos

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In the first coprehensive introduction to the nature and development of ethnographic film, Peter Loizos reviews fifty of the most important films made between 1955 and 1985. Going beyond programmatic statements, he analyzes the films themselves, identifying and discussing their contributions to ethnographic documentation. Loizos begins by reviewing works of John Marshall and Timothy Asch in the 1950s and moves through those of Jean Rouch, Robert Gardner, and many more recent filmmakers. He reveals a steady course of innovations along four dimensions: production technology, subject matter, strategies of argument, and ethnographic authentication. His analyses of individual films address…

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List price: $99.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 7/15/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 234
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.012
Language: English



List of Figures Preface


Acknowledgements



Innovation in ethnographic film, 1955-85 Documentary films Ethnographic documentary films Realism Innovations



For the record: documentation filming from innocent realism to self-consciousness The difficulties in documentation Marshall's !Kung/San Films The Yanomami films of Asch and Chagnon Australian documentation initiatives Trobriand Cricket The Jero Tapakan Project



Challenging documentation-realism: three early experiments by Jean Rouch Moi, Un Noir La Pyramide humaine Chronique d'un eacute;teacute; Conclusion



Constructions from real lives: biographies and portraits Imaginero Lorang's Way: A Turkana Man N!ai: the story of a !Kung woman Celso and Cora Amir: An Afghan refugee musician's life in Peshawar, Pakistan Conclusion



Complex constructions with subjective voices: East Africa, 1971-76 The MacDougalls' background To Live with Herds: A dry season among the Jie The Wedding Camels: A Turkana marriage Demanding texts Maragoli



The Loita Maasai films: televised culture Documentation of a culture Masai Women Masai Manhood The Woman's Olamal: The Social Organization of a Maasai Fertility Ceremony



Robert Gardner in Tahiti, or the rejection of realism Gardner's formation Dead Birds Rivers of Sand Deep Hearts Forest of Bliss Conclusion



Complex constructions with subjective voices: Australia, 1972-80 Coniston Muster: scenes from a stockman's life Mourning for MangatopiandGoodbye, Old Man The House Opening Waiting for Harry The challenge to AIAS ethnographic films Epilogue



The Gouml;ttingen Institute for Scientific Films



The Diary of a Maasai Village



Nichols on pornography and ethnography


References Film references


Index