Theorizing Documentary

Name: Theorizing Documentary
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ISBN: 9780415903820

ISBN-10: 0415903823

ISBN-13: 9780415903820

Edition: 1993

Authors: Michael Renov

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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?'

Book details

List price: $46.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/10/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

Bill Nichols is professor of cinema at San Francisco State University.Michael Renov is vice dean of academic affairs and professor of critical studies in the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.



Acknowledgments



Introduction: The Truth About Non-Fiction




Toward a Poetics of Documentary




The Documentary Film as Scientific Inscription




Document and Documentary: On the Persistence of Historical Concepts




The Totalizing Quest of Meaning




Jargons of Authenticity (Three American Moments)




Constantly Performing the Documentary: The Seductive Promise of Lightning Over Water




(Not) Looking for Origins: Postmodernism, Documentary, and America




Notes on AIDS and Its Combatants: An Appreciation




"Getting to Know You . . .": Knowledge, Power, and the Body



Notes


Bibliography


Filmography


Index


List of Contributors