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Alien zone II : the spaces of science-fiction cinema / edited by Annette Kuhn London New York: Verso, 1999.
Call No: 735.1 KUHAuthor: Kuhn, Annette Place: London New YorkPublisher: VersoPubDate: 1999PhysDes: 308 p. : ill. ; 20 cmSubject: SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; CITIES IN FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS ; DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY ; UTOPIA IN FILMS ; FANS ; INTERNET AND THE CINEMA ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; RACE AND THE CINEMA ; SPECTATORSHIP ; ADAPTATIONS. WELLS, H.G. ; VAN DAMME, JEAN-CLAUDE ; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD ; CREED, BARBARA ; TRUMBULL, DOUGLAS ; JOHNNY MNEMONIC (US, Robert Longo, 1995) ; THINGS TO COME (UK, William Cameron Menzies, 1936) ; STAR WARS [...] (US, 1977-99) ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; ALIEN [...] (UK/US, 1979-92) ; ALIEN (UK, Ridley Scott, 1979) ; ALIENS (US, James Cameron, 1986) ; ALIEN RESURRECTION (US, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997) ; BRAZIL (UK, Terry Gilliam, 1985) ; DEMOLITION MAN (US, Marco Brambilla, 1993) ; MAX HEADROOM [TV] (US, 1987-89) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) ; TOTAL RECALL (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1990) ; [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1968) Notes: Filmography: p. [276]-284; Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-298) and indexISBN: 1859842593 (paper); 1859847463 (cloth)LON: 20466609
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An anatomy of light : corporeality and identity in animation in Metro (2000) iss.121/122 p.31-36
Author: Black, Daniel PhysDes: Article; Bibliography; Illustration(s)Subject: ANIMATION ; BODY IN FILMS Summary: Animation is explored in relation to its preoccuption with the body's surface and external form.
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Blurred boundaries : questions of meaning in contemporary culture / Bill Nichols Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994.
Call No: 409 NICAuthor: Nichols, Bill Place: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: xvii, 187 p. ; 25 cmSubject: ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; AUDIENCES ; BODY IN FILMS ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS ; MELODRAMA ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; SEMI-DOCUMENTARIES ; SOCIAL HISTORY AND THE CINEMA ; KING, RODNEY ; STACHKA [STRIKE] (UR, Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925) ; REALISM ON TV ; REALITY "SHOWS" ; REALITY TV ; RACIAL PROBLEMS ON TV ; RACIAL PROBLEMS AND TV ; TRUTH IN FILMS ; VIOLENCE ON TV ; WAR AND THE CINEMA ; GULF WAR ON TV ; ETHICS AND TV Summary: "Blurred Boundaries explores decisive moments where the traditional boundaries of fiction/non-fiction and truth/falsehood blur. Nichols argues that the history of social representation in film, television, and video requires an understanding of the fate of both contemporary and older work. Traditionally, film history and cultural studies sought to place films in a historical context. Nichols proposes a new goal: to examine how specific works, old and new, promote or suppress a sense of historical consciousness. Examining work from Eisenstein's Strike to the Rodney King videotape, Nichols interrelates issues of formal structure, viewer response, and historical consciousness. Simultaneously, Blurred Boundaries radically alters the interpretative frameworks offered by neoformalism and psychoanalysis: Comprehension itself becomes a social act of transformative understanding rather than an abstract mental process, while the use of psychoanalytic terms like desire, lack, or paranoia to make social points metaphorically yields to vocabulary designed expressly for historical interpretation - such as project, intentionality, and the social imaginary. An important departure from prevailing trends in many fields, Blurred Boundaries offers new directions for the study of visual culture." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-182) and indexISBN: 0253340640 (alk. paper); 0253209005 (paper : alk. paper)LON: 10767942
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The cinematic body / Steven Shaviro Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993.
Call No: 64POS SHAAuthor: Shaviro, Steven Place: MinneapolisPublisher: University of Minnesota PressPubDate: 1993PhysDes: x, 276 p. ; 26 cmSeries: Theory out of bounds ; v. 2Subject: AESTHETICS ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; PERCEPTION ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; PORNOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; BODY IN FILMS ; SEX IN FILMS ; WARHOL, ANDY ; ROMERO, GEORGE ; LEWIS, JERRY ; CRONENBERG, DAVID ; BRESSON, ROBERT ; DELEUZE, GILLES ; GUATTARI, FELIX ; QUERELLE (GW/FR, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1982) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [268]-272) and indexISBN: 0816622949 (PB : acid-free paper)LON: 9656941
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Classical masculinity and the spectacular body on film : the mighty sons of Hercules / by Daniel O'Brien Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Call No: 451-01 OBRAuthor: O'Brien, Daniel Source: UK/USPlace: Houndmills, Basingstoke, HampshirePublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2014PhysDes: vii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject: MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS ; HEROS IN FILMS ; MYTH AND THE CINEMA ; ACTION FILMS ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; HERCULES (IT, Pietro Francisci, 1957) ; FATICHE DI ERCOLE, LE (IT, Pietro Francisci, 1957) ; JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (UK/US, Don Chaffey, 1963) ; 300 (US, Zach Snyder, 2006) ; CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982) ; XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS [TV] (US, 1995-) Summary: "The cinema has often showcased the muscular male body, most notably in genres invoking classical Greco-Roman culture, whether peplum, epic or sword-and-sorcery. This book reassesses the classically-inflected action film as a significant cinematic form, often marginalized in media studies, that transcends such reductive labels as camp or kitsch. The focus is on the depiction of heroic masculinity, often characterized as reactionary or fascist, yet far more varied and contradictory, especially in relation to femininity and non-whiteness. These diverse representations of masculinity offer a major contribution to debates on maleness within and beyond academia that has been largely unexplored. In particular, Hercules in his many incarnations is one of the most important mythopoetic figures, on a par with King Arthur, Robin Hood, Tarzan and James Bond, informing popular cultural interpretations of manliness and the exaggerated male form"-- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and indexISBN: 9781137384706Contents: -- Introduction -- Part I: men as men should be 1. Hercules Unchained ; 2. Hercules Reformed ; 3. Hercules Diminished ; 4. Hercules Rebooted ; 5. I'm Spartacus! -- Part II: taming the women with love or death -- 6. The Loves of Hercules ; 7. The Temptress from Beyond ; 8. Fight Like a Man -- Part III: this thing of darkness 9. White Man's Burden? ; 10. Doom's Children ; 11. This is Sparta! ; Coda -- Bibliography --Index --
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Electronic eros : bodies and desire in the postindustrial age / by Claudia Springer Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, c1996.
Call No: 735.1 SPRAuthor: Springer, Claudia Source: USPlace: Austin, TXPublisher: University of Texas PressPubDate: c1996PhysDes: x, 182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject: AUTOMOBILES IN FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS ; COMIC STRIPS AND THE CINEMA ; COMPUTERS AND THE CINEMA ; COMPUTERS IN FILMS ; COMPUTERS AND TV ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; FEMINISM AND TV ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; GENDER AND TELEVISION ; POSTMODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; ROBOTS IN FILMS ; ROBOTS ON TV ; SCIENCE AND THE CINEMA ; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS ; SEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; TECHNOLOGY AND TV ; TECHNOLOGY IN FILMS ; TECHNOLOGY ON TV ; VIRTUAL REALITY ; BLADE RUNNER (US, Ridley Scott, 1982) ; EVE OF DESTRUCTION (US, Duncan Gibbins, 1991) ; LAWNMOWER MAN, THE (US, Brett Leonard, 1992) ; ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) Summary: "The love affair between humans and the machines that have made us faster and more powerful has expanded into cyberspace, where computer technology seems to offer both the promise of heightened erotic fulfilment and the threat of human obsolescence. In this pathfinding study, Claudia Springer explores the techno-erotic imagery in recent films, cyberpunk fiction, comic books, television, software, and writing on virtual reality and artificial intelligence to reveal how these futuristic images actually encode current debates concerning gender roles and sexuality." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes indexISBN: 0292776977Donation: M.S. Counihan
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Fabrications : costume and the female body / edited by Jane Gaines and Charlotte Herzog New York: Routledge, 1990.
Call No: 626:396 FABAuthor: Gaines, Jane, 1943 ; Herzog, Charlotte, 1946 Place: New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1990PhysDes: vii, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: AFI film readersSubject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS ; COSTUMES ; FASHION AND THE CINEMA ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; DIETRICH, MARLENE ; FAME (US, Alan Parker, 1980) ; FLASHDANCE (US, Adrian Lyne, 1983) ; FIG LEAVES (US, Howard Hawks, 1926) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 278-294)ISBN: 0415900611; 041590062X (pbk.)LON: 6468521
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Feminism without women : culture and criticism in a "postfeminist" age / Tania Modleski New York: Routledge, 1991.
Call No: 626:396 MODAuthor: Modleski, Tania, 1949 Place: New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1991PhysDes: xi, 188 p. ; 24 cmSubject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; WAR FILMS ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS Summary: Feminism Without Women examines the operation of "postfeminism" in popular culture, especially popular film, and in cultural studies. By scrutinizing a variety of feminist and poststructuralist theoretical positions and freqently juxtaposing her discussions with analyses of contemporary movies (ranging from Pee-wee's Big Adventure to Lethal Weapon and Three Men and a Baby ), Modleski offers a broad perspective on the future of feminism. In particular, she shows how women as social subjects are once again being relegated to the margins of discourse and society, only now, ironically, they are in danger of being marginalized by feminism itself . Feminism Without Women is a multifaceted response to the shift within feminist theory from "gynocritics" (a woman-centred critical practice) to an increasingly male-oriented "gender studies". This move has been accompanied by feminist/philosophical attempts to abolish the very category of "woman". A large portion of the book is devoted to analyzing the state of "male feminism" and argues that the "new masculinities" being heralded by some feminists are less revolutionary than is often claimed; that these kinder , gentler masculinit are in many ways perfectly consonant with the conservative times. Modleski situates her discussions of criticism and theory in the context of popular culture, and social issues relevant to feminism: surrogate mothering, women and war, the debates over pornography, gay representation in the era of AIDS, the controversy within feminism over lesbian S&M, and the intensification of racism in the 1980s and 1990s. -- PUBLISHERNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-182) and indexISBN: 0415904161 : $39.95; 041590417X (pbk) : $13.95LON: bnb41590416; 7924353Contents: Part I: Theory and methodology -- 1. Postmortem on postfeminism -- 2. Femininity as mas(s)querade -- 3. Some functions of feminist criticism; or, the scandal of the mute body -- Part II: Masculinity and male feminism -- 4. A father is being beaten: male feminism and the war films -- 5. Three men and baby m -- 6. The incredible shrinking he(r)man: male regression, the male body, and film -- Part III: Race, gender, and sexuality -- 7. Cinema and the dark continent: race and gender in popular film -- 8. Lethal bodies: thoughts on sex, gender, and representation from the mainstream to the marginsID2: 31
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Fields of vision : essays in film studies, visual anthropology, and photography / edited by Leslie Devereaux and Roger Hillman Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995.
Call No: 62 FIEAuthor: Devereaux, Leslie ; Hillman, Roger Place: BerkeleyPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: xiv, 362 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: MONTAGE ; ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS ; PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CINEMA ; WAR AND THE CINEMA ; WAR IN FILMS ; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA ; HORROR FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; SPECTATORSHIP ; CARNIVAL AND THE CINEMA ; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; SOUND ; ADAPTATIONS ; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES AND THE CINEMA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; HOLLYWOOD ; EHE DER MARIA BRAUN, DIE (GW, Rainer Werner Fassbinber, 1979) ; NAME DER ROSE, DER (GW/IT/FR, Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1986) ; RIVERS OF SAND (US, Robert Gardner, 1974) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0520085248 (pbk. : alk. paper); 0520085221 (alk. paper)LON: 10726537
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A fine romance : five ages of film feminism / Patricia Mellencamp Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Call No: 626:396 MELAuthor: Mellencamp, Patricia Place: PhiladelphiaPublisher: Temple University PressPubDate: 1995PhysDes: xiii, 330 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSeries: Culture and the moving imageSubject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; BODY IN FILMS ; EXPRESSIONISM ; DASH, JULIE ; DELEUZE, GILLES ; CAMPION, JANE ; ARMSTRONG, GILLIAN ; POTTER, SALLY ; Tarantino, Quentin ; CHRISTIE, JULIE ; DAVIS, GEENA ; DAVIS, JUDY ; EPHRON, NORA ; GLYN, ELINOR ; GOGOBERIDZE, LANA ; HANKS, TOM ; JAYAMANNE, LALEEN ; LAFFONT, COLLETTE ; LANGTON, MARCIA ; RYAN, MEG ; MOFFATT, TRACEY ; HOOKS, BELL ; PREER, EVELYN ; STONE, SHARON ; SWINTON, TILDA ; TAYLOR, CLYDE ; SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (US, Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen, 1952) ; THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991) ; ORLANDO (UK/RU/FR/NE, Sally Potter, 1992) ; ANGEL AT MY TABLE, AN (NZ, Jane Campion, 1990) ; ANGIE (US, Martha Coolidge, 1994) ; NIGHT CRIES : A RURAL TRAGEDY (AT, Tracey Moffatt, 1990) ; NICE COLOURED GIRLS (AT, Tracey Moffatt, 1987) ; DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST (US, Julie Dash, 1991) ; MY BRILLIANT CAREER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1979) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; BEDEVIL (AT, Tracey Moffat, 1993) ; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (US, Jonathan Demme, 1991) ; COVER GIRL (US, Charles Vidor, 1944) ; DOLLY SISTERS (US, Irving Cummings, 1945) ; FORBIDDEN LOVE : THE UNASHAMED STORIES OF LESBIAN LOVE (CN, Aerlyn Weissman & Lynne Fernie, 1993) ; GOLD DIGGERS, THE (US, Sally Potter, 1983) ; GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933 (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1933) ; GROUNDHOG DAY (US, Harold Ramis, 1993) ; ILLUSIONS (US, Julie Dash, 1983?) ; LITTLE WOMEN (US, Gillian Armstrong, 1994) ; PRIVILEGE (US, Yvonne Rainer, 1990) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; QUICK AND THE DEAD, THE (US, Sam Raimi, 1995) ; SHERLOCK, JR. (US, Buster Keaton, 1924) ; SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT (US, Lasse Hallstrom, 1995) ; THRILLER (UK, Sally Potter, 1979) ; JEDDA (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1955) ; PIANO, THE (AT, Jane Campion, 1993) ; METROPOLIS (G, Fritz Lang, 1926) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-324) and index; Five ages of film feminismISBN: 1566394015 (pbk.: acid-free paper); 1566394007 (hbk.: acid-free paper)LON: 11870265
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Gendering the nation : Canadian women's cinema / edited by Kay Armatage .. . [et al.] Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999.
Call No: 451-02(71) GENAuthor: Armatage, Kay Place: TorontoPublisher: University of Toronto PressPubDate: 1999PhysDes: xi, 329 pSubject: WOMEN IN FILMS. CANADA ; CANADA ; WOMEN, FILMS MADE BY. CANADA ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA. CANADA ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. CANADA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. CANADA ; AVANT-GARDE FILMS. CANADA ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS. CANADA ; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA. CANADA ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA. CANADA ; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA. CANADA ; BODY IN FILMS. CANADA ; ROZEMA, PATRICIA ; POIRIER, ANNE CLAIRE ; FAR SHORE, THE (CN, Joyce Wieland, 1975) ; LOYALTIES (CN, Anne Wheeler, 1986) ; MOUVEMENTS DU DESIR (CN/SZ, Lea Pool, 1994) Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0802041205 (bound) : $70.00; 0802079644 (pbk.) : $21.95; 0802041205 (bound); 0802079644 (pbk.)LON: 14526441
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Hard bodies : Hollywood masculinity in the Reagan era / Susan Jeffords New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1994.
Call No: 451-01(73) JEFAuthor: Jeffords, Susan, 1953 Place: New Brunswick, N.J.Publisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: Reagan, Ronald ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA ; MEN IN FILMS. USA ; COLD WAR AND THE CINEMA. USA ; COLD WAR FILMS. USA ; HERO IN FILMS ; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA ; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. USA ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; BODY IN FILMS. USA ; UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; ACCUSED, THE (US, Jonathan Kaplan, 1988) ; BACK TO THE FUTURE [...] (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985-90) ; BATMAN (US, Tim Burton, 1989) ; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (US, Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, 1991) ; CASUALITIES OF WAR (US, Brian De Palma, 1989) ; DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988) ; FIRST BLOOD (US, Ted Kotcheff, 1982) ; KINDERGARTEN COP (US, Ivan Reitman, 1990) ; LETHAL WEAPON [...] (US, Richard Donner, 1987-92) ; MISSISSIPPI BURNING (US, Alan Parker, 1988) ; RAMBO [...] (US, 1982-1988) ; ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ; TWINS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1988) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-208) and indexISBN: 0813520029; 0813520037 (pbk.)LON: 9874831
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Piano lessons : approaches to The piano / [edited by] Felicity Coombes & Suzanne Gemmell Sydney: John Libbey, c1999.
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Representing reality : issues and concepts in documentary / Bill Nichols Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1991.
Call No: 761NICAuthor: Nichols, Bill Place: BloomingtonPublisher: Indiana University PressPubDate: 1991PhysDes: xx, 313 p. ; 24 cmSubject: ANTHROPOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; BODY IN FILMS ; COMMENTARY ; DEATH IN FILMS ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS ; DOCUMENTARIES ; ETHNOGRAPHIC FILMS ; GAZE IN FILMS ; IDEOLOGY AND THE CINEMA ; IDEOLOGY IN FILMS ; INTERVIEWS IN FILMS ; NARRATIVE IN FILMS ; PHILOSOPHY AND THE CINEMA ; REALISM IN FILMS ; TRUTH IN FILMS ; VIEWERS Summary: "Representing Reality examines the styles, strategies, and structures of documentary film. It does not offer a general survey of documentary film history so much as a conceptual overview of the form itself: what qualities of cinema underpin it, what institutional structures sustain it, what rhetorical operations inform it, what interpretive perspectives encompass it. How these questions arrange themselves into recurrent patterns and preoccupations [is] the central focus." -- Taken from preface.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-296) and index; Filmology: p. [297]-304ISBN: 0253340608 (alk. paper); 0253206812 (pbk. : alk. paper)LON: 91002637; 8905992Contents: Axes of orientation: I. The domain of documentary -- II. Documentary modes of representation -- III. Axiographics: ethical space in documentary film -- Documentary: a fiction (un)like any other: IV. Telling stories with evidence and arguments -- V. Sticking to reality: rhetoric and what exceeds it -- VI. The fact of realism and the fiction of objectivity -- Documentary representation and the historical world: VII> Pornography, ethnography, and the discourses of power / Christian Hansen, Catherine Needham, Bill Nichols -- VIII. Representing the body: questions of meaning and magnitude
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