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Examines the mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form constructs with documentary. The analysis includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts ranging from "Zelig" and "The Falls" through to examples like "Bob Roberts" and "This is Spinal Tap".

Table of Contents

Introduction: Mock-documentary and the subversion of factuality
1. Factual discourse and the cultural placing of documentary
2. Recent transformations of the documentary genre
3. A cousin for the drama-documentary: Situating the mock-documentary
4. Building a mock-documentary schema
5. A suggested genealogy
6. Degree one: parody
7. Degree two: critique and hoax
8. Degree three: deconstruction
Conclusion
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

Faking It MockDocumentary and the Subversion of

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 11/22/2001 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719056413, 978-0719056413
      ISBN10: 0719056411

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Examines the mock-documentary through the specific relationship which the form constructs with documentary. The analysis includes detailed discussions of a number of key mock-documentary texts ranging from "Zelig" and "The Falls" through to examples like "Bob Roberts" and "This is Spinal Tap".

      Table of Contents

      Introduction: Mock-documentary and the subversion of factuality
      1. Factual discourse and the cultural placing of documentary
      2. Recent transformations of the documentary genre
      3. A cousin for the drama-documentary: Situating the mock-documentary
      4. Building a mock-documentary schema
      5. A suggested genealogy
      6. Degree one: parody
      7. Degree two: critique and hoax
      8. Degree three: deconstruction
      Conclusion
      Filmography
      Bibliography
      Index

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