Observational Cinema: Anthropology, Film, and the Exploration of Social Life
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Observational Cinema: Anthropology, Film, and the Exploration of Social Life

Once hailed as a radical breakthrough in documentary and ethnographic filmmaking, observational cinema has been criticized for a supposedly detached camera that objectifies and dehumanizes the subjects of its gaze. Anna Grimshaw and Amanda Ravetz provide the first critical history and in-depth appraisal of this movement, examining key works, filmmakers, and theorists, from Andr© Bazin and the Italian neorealists, to American documentary films of the 1960s, to extended discussions of the ethnographic films of Herb Di Gioia, David Hancock, and David MacDougall. They make a new case for the importance of observational work in an emerging experimental anthropology, arguing that this medium exemplifies a non-textual anthropology that is both analytically rigorous and epistemologically challenging.

  • TitleObservational Cinema: Anthropology, Film, and the Exploration of Social Life
  • BrandIndiana University Press
  • ManufacturerIndiana University Press
  • BindingPaperback
  • ProductGroupBook
  • ItemPartNumber25 b&w illustrations
  • ReleaseDate2009-11-17T00:00:01Z
  • UnitCount1
  • EANs9780253221582