Collecting visible evidence
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Collecting visible evidence
(Visible evidence / edited by Michael Renov, Faye Ginsburg, and Jane Gaines, v. 6)
University of Minnesota Press, 1999
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Papers from three annual conferences held beginning in 1993
Includes bibliographical references index
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Description
In documentary studies, the old distinctions between fiction and nonfiction no longer apply, as contemporary film and video artists produce works that defy classification. Coming together to make sense of these developments, the contributors to this book effectively redefine documentary studies. They trace the documentary impulse in the early detective camera, in the reenactment of battle scenes from World War I, and in the telecast of the Nevada A-Bomb test in 1949. Other topics include experiments in virtual reality; the crisis of representation in anthropology; and video art and documentary work that challenges the asymmetry of the postcolonial Us/Them divide.
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