Rites of Realism: Essays on Corporeal Cinema

by Paul Arthur, Mary Ann Doane, Mark A. Cohen, et al.

Rites of Realism shifts the discussion of cinematic realism away from the usual focus on verisimilitude and faithfulness of record toward a notion of "performative realism," a realism that does not simply represent a given reality but enacts actual social tensions. These essays by a range of film scholars propose stimulating new approaches to the critical evaluation of modern realist films and such referential genres as reenactment, historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822330660
• ISBN13: 9780822330660
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.4"