{"product_id":"documenting-the-documentary-close-readings-of-documentary-film-and-video-paperback","title":"Documenting the Documentary: Close Readings of Documentary Film and Video - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarry Keith Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Rothman\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by), \u003cb\u003eSeth Feldman\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in 1998, \u003ci\u003eDocumenting the Documentary \u003c\/i\u003eresponded to a scholarly landscape in which documentary film was largely understudied and undervalued aesthetically, and analyzed instead through issues of ethics, politics, and film technology. Editors Barry Keith Grant and Jeannette Sloniowski addressed this gap by presenting a useful survey of the artistic and persuasive aspects of documentary film from a range of critical viewpoints. This new edition of \u003ci\u003eDocumenting the Documentary\u003c\/i\u003e adds five new essays on more recent films in addition to the text of the first edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thirty-one film and media scholars, many of them among the most important voices in the area of documentary film, cover the significant developments in the history of documentary filmmaking from \u003ci\u003eNanook of the North\u003c\/i\u003e (1922), the first commercially released documentary feature, to contemporary independent film and video productions like Werner Herzog's \u003ci\u003eGrizzly Man \u003c\/i\u003e(2005) and the controversial \u003ci\u003eBorat\u003c\/i\u003e (2006). The works discussed also include representative examples of many important national and stylistic movements and various production contexts, from mainstream to avant-garde. In all, this volume offers a series of rich and revealing analyses of those regimes of truth that still fascinate filmgoers as much today as they did at the very beginnings of film history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As documentary film and visual media become increasingly important ways for audiences to process news and information, \u003ci\u003eDocumenting the Documentary\u003c\/i\u003e continues to be a vital resource to understanding the genre. Students and teachers of film studies and fans of documentary film will appreciate this expanded classic volume.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarry Keith Grant is professor of film studies in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, he is the author or editor of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eVoyages of Discovery: The Cinema of Frederick Wiseman, 100 Documentary Films\u003c\/i\u003e (with Jim Hillier) and\u003ci\u003e Shadows of Doubt: Negotiations of Masculinity in American Genre Films\u003c\/i\u003e (Wayne State University Press, 2011). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jeannette Sloniowski is associate professor in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film and the graduate program in popular culture at Brock University. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eCanadian Communications: Issues in Contemporary Media and Culture, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDetecting Canada: Essays on Canadian Detective Fiction, Candid Eyes: Essays on Canadian Documentaries, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSlippery Pastimes: A Canadian Popular Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.7 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710329188659,"sku":"9780814339718","price":73.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/YzA4cVBnUUJTOWJBL1g2LzNvelhIQT09.webp?v=1763488898","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/documenting-the-documentary-close-readings-of-documentary-film-and-video-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}