Beyond Observation: A History of Authorship in Ethnographic Film

by Paul Henley

Beyond Observation is structured by the argument that the 'ethnographicness' of a film should not be determined by the fact that it is about an exotic culture - the popular view - nor because it has apparently not been authored - a long-standing academic view - but rather because it adheres to the norms of ethnographic practice more generally. On these grounds, the book covers a large number of films made in a broad range of styles across a 120-year...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152613134X
• ISBN13: 9781526131348
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"