The Cinematic Griot: The Ethnography of Jean Rouch

by Paul Stoller and Jean Stoller

Book Overview

The most prolific ethnographic filmmaker in the world, a pioneer of cin ma v rit and one of the earliest ethnographers of African societies, Jean Rouch (1917-) remains a controversial and often misunderstood figure in histories of anthropology and film. By examining Rouch's neglected ethnographic writings, Paul Stoller seeks to clarify the filmmaker's true place in anthropology.

A brief account of Rouch's background, revealing the ethnographic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226775488
• ISBN13: 9780226775487
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"