The third eye: race, cinema, and ethnographic spectacle

Introduction. The Third Eye -- 1. Seeing Anthropology: Felix-Louis Regnault, the Narrative of Race, and the Performers at the Ethnographic Exposition -- 2. The Writing of Race in Film: Felix-Louis Regnault and the Ideology of the Ethnographic Film Archive -- 3. Gestures of Self-Protection: The Pictu...

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Main Author: Rony, Fatimah Tobing (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC Duke University Press 1996
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Summary:Introduction. The Third Eye -- 1. Seeing Anthropology: Felix-Louis Regnault, the Narrative of Race, and the Performers at the Ethnographic Exposition -- 2. The Writing of Race in Film: Felix-Louis Regnault and the Ideology of the Ethnographic Film Archive -- 3. Gestures of Self-Protection: The Picturesque and the Travelogue -- 4. Taxidermy and Romantic Ethnography: Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North -- 5. Time and Redemption in the "Racial Film" of the 1920s and 1930s -- 6. King Kong and the Monster in Ethnographic Cinema -- Conclusion: Passion of Remembrance: Facing the Camera/Grabbing the Camera
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-288) and index. - Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 300 pages) illustrations
ISBN:9780822398721
0822398729

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