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Watching the world extends the reach of documentary studies by investigating recent instances of screen documentary and the uses made of them by audiences

Table of Contents

1 Continuity and change: the documentary ‘boom’
2 Seeing, feeling, knowing: Etre et Avoir
3 ‘Suspense, fright, emotion, happy ending’: documentary form and audience response to Touching the Void
4 ‘The most confusing tears’: home video, sex crime, and indeterminacy in Capturing the Friedmans
5 Approaching the invisible centre: middle-class identity and documentary film
6 ‘Our planet reveals its secrets’: wildlife documentaries on television
7 Conclusion: Documentary world views

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    Publisher: Manchester University Press
    Publication Date: 6/30/2012 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780719085581, 978-0719085581
    ISBN10: 0719085586
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    Documentary films Films, cinema

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Watching the world extends the reach of documentary studies by investigating recent instances of screen documentary and the uses made of them by audiences

    Table of Contents

    1 Continuity and change: the documentary ‘boom’
    2 Seeing, feeling, knowing: Etre et Avoir
    3 ‘Suspense, fright, emotion, happy ending’: documentary form and audience response to Touching the Void
    4 ‘The most confusing tears’: home video, sex crime, and indeterminacy in Capturing the Friedmans
    5 Approaching the invisible centre: middle-class identity and documentary film
    6 ‘Our planet reveals its secrets’: wildlife documentaries on television
    7 Conclusion: Documentary world views

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