Description
Book SynopsisFor roughly two decades after the collapse of the military regime in 1983, testimonial narrative was viewed and received as a privileged genre in Argentina. Today, however, academics and public intellectuals are experiencing "memory fatigue."
Trade ReviewRethinking Testimonial Cinema proposes a renewed approach to reading the links among film, genre, and history that is particularly useful to scholars working on the filmic representation of iconic political conflicts.
* Film History *
Well researched and immensely readable, Garibotto's book provides valuable insights and commentary that will also be useful for other literatures entrenched in military dictatorship.
* Choice *
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments
Introduction: Redefining Testimonial Cinema
1. Knowledge and Feeling: Testimonial Documentary and Fiction in the 1980s
2. Indexicality and Counter-Hegemony: Testimonial Documentary in the 1990s
3. Distortion and History in Post-2000 Second-Generation Performative Documentaries
4. Emotion and History in Post-2000 Second-Generation Iconic Fictions
Afterword: From Counter-Hegemony to Hegemony
Works Cited
Index
