Innovation in Ethnographic Film: From Innocence to Self-Consciousness, 1955-1985

by Peter Loizos

Book Overview

In the first coprehensive introduction to the nature and development of ethnographic film, Peter Loizos reviews fifty of the most important films made between 1955 and 1985. Going beyond programmatic statements, he analyzes the films themselves, identifying and discussing their contributions to ethnographic documentation.

Loizos begins by reviewing works of John Marshall and Timothy Asch in the 1950s and moves through those of Jean Rouch, Robert...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226492265
• ISBN13: 9780226492261
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.8"