American documentary film : projecting the nation /: projecting the nation. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Print version record.
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