American documentary film : projecting the nation /: projecting the nation. (©2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- American documentary film : projecting the nation /: projecting the nation. (©2011)
- Main Title:
- American documentary film : projecting the nation
- Further Information:
- Note: Jeffrey Geiger.
- Other Names:
- Geiger, Jeffrey
- Contents:
- Novelties, spectacles and the documentary impulse. Case studies: Blacksmith scene (1893), Buffalo dance (1894), Mess call (1896) -- Virtual travels and the tourist gaze. Case study: Nanook of the north (1922) -- Serious play: documentary and the avant-garde. Case study: Manhatta (1921) -- Activism and advocacy: the Depression era. Case study: The plow that broke the plains (1936) -- Idea-weapons: documentary propaganda. Case study: The Memphis Belle (1944) -- 'Uncontrolled' situations: direct cinema. Case study: Grey Gardens (1975) -- Relative truths: documentary and postmodernity. Case study: Tongues untied (1989) -- Media wars: documentary dispersion. Case study: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004).
- Publisher Details:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Copyright Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource ([xi], 275 pages), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 070.18073
Documentary films -- United States -- History and criticism
Motion pictures -- United States -- History and criticism
Documentary films -- United States -- History
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Journalism
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General
Documentary films
Motion pictures
National characteristics, American, in motion pictures
Dokumentarfilm
Nationalbewusstsein
Dokumentarfilm
Dokumentärfilm, USA
United States -- In motion pictures
United States
USA
USA
Electronic books
Criticism, interpretation, etc
History
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780748629466
0748629467 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780748621477
0748621474
9780748621484
0748621482 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-262) and index.
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