Ethnographic Film Revised Edition

Name: Ethnographic Film Revised Edition
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ISBN: 9780292714588

ISBN-10: 0292714580

ISBN-13: 9780292714588

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Karl G. Heider

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One of the first books to provide an introduction to this field of visual anthropology, this third edition reflect developments in the field over the three decades since its publication, focusing on the work of four seminal filmmakers - Jean Rouch, John Marshall, Robert Gardner, and Timothy Asch.

Book details

List price: $19.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 11/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 180
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Stephen Stoker of Weber State University in Ogden, UT, has taught the gamut of introductory chemistry courses, specializing in GOB, for the past 30 years. Weber State has a very large Health Professions school, and GOB is geared at students with little or no experience in chemistry (notably Allied Health and Nursing majors).



Preface


Acknowledgments



Introduction


Toward a Definition: The Nature of the Category "Ethnographic Film"


The Nature of Ethnography


The Differing Natures of Ethnography and Film


"Truth" in Film and Ethnography



A History of Ethnographic Film


Background Factors


Prehistory: The Explorers


Grass


Scripted Fictional Films


Bateson and Mead in Bali and New Guinea



University of California American Indian Series


The Netsilik Eskimo Project


Australia


The Natives' View


Institutionalization of Ethnographic Film



The Attributes of Ethnographic Film


The Attributes


Additional Principles


The Attributes as Dimensions



Making Ethnographic Film


The Ethics of Ethnographic Filmmaking


An Ethnographic Film Must Be Based on Ethnographic Understanding


An Ethnographic Film Must Exploit the Visual Potential of Film


Whole Bodies, Whole Interactions, and Whole People in Whole Acts


Division of Labor


The Meaning of Real Collaboration


An Ethnographic Film Cannot Stand by Itself


Ethnographic Films from Research Footage


Preservation of the Film Record



The Use of Ethnographic Films in Teaching


Films and Background Reading


Strategies


Appendix: A Brief Descriptive Catalog of Films


Bibliography


Index