The documentary: politics, emotion, culture

"An exploration of the role of emotion and affect in contemporary documentary film, arguing that analysis of the sociality of the emotions is integral to advancing our understanding of the formulation of selfhood in documentary. Belinda Smaill also examines documentary's political function...

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Main Author: Smaill, Belinda 1972- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke, UK [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2010
Edition:1. publ.
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"An exploration of the role of emotion and affect in contemporary documentary film, arguing that analysis of the sociality of the emotions is integral to advancing our understanding of the formulation of selfhood in documentary. Belinda Smaill also examines documentary's political function, looking at issues such as gender, ethnicity and class"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction : representation and documentary emotion -- Pleasure and disgust : desire and the female porn star -- Injury, identity and recognition : Rize and Fix : the story of an addicted city -- Women, pain and the documentaries of Kim Longinotto -- Loss and care : Asian Australian documentary -- Civic love and contemporary dissent documentary -- Children, futurity and hope : Born into brothels -- Nostalgia, historical time and reality television : the Idol series
Physical Description:VII, 221 S. Ill. 23 cm

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