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1 online resource ([xi], 275 pages) : illustrations |
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online resource cr |
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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). |
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Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU |
ISBN |
9780748629466 (electronic bk.) |
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0748629467 (electronic bk.) |
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9780748621477 (hbk.) |
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0748621474 (hbk.) |
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9780748621484 (pbk.) |
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0748621482 (pbk.) |
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9786613221599 |
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