Collecting Visible Evidence - Hardcover

Gaines, Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816631352 ISBN 13: 9780816631353

Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, 1999

Synopsis

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0816631352
• ISBN 13: 9780816631353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352