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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791954603321

Autore

Austin Thomas <1966->

Titolo

Watching the world [[electronic resource] ] : screen documentary and audiences / / Thomas Austin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, 2007

ISBN

1-78170-177-6

1-84779-448-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

070.1/8

Soggetti

Documentary films - Great Britain - History and criticism

Documentary films - United States - History and criticism

Documentary television programs - Great Britain - History and criticism

Documentary television programs - United States - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-213) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Continuity and change : the documentary 'boom' -- Seeing, feeling, knowing : Entre et avoir -- 'Suspense, fright, emotion, happy ending' : documentary form and audience response to Touching the void -- 'The most confusing tears' : home video, sex crime and indeterminacy in Capturing the Friedmans -- Approaching the invisible centre : middle-class identity and documentary film -- 'Our planet reveals its secrets' : wildlife documentaries on television -- Conclusion : documentary world views.

Sommario/riassunto

Screen documentary has experienced a marked rise in visibility and popularity in recent years. What are the reasons for the so-called 'boom' in documentaries at the cinema? How has television documentary met the challenge of new formats? And how do audiences engage with documentaries on screen? Watching the world extends the reach of documentary studies by investigating recent instances of screen documentary and the uses made of them by audiences. The book focuses on the interfaces between textual mechanisms, promotional tactics, and audiences' viewing strategies. Key topics of



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Record Nr.

UNICAMPANIAVAN00278627

Titolo

Operators, Semigroups, Algebras and Function Theory : Volume from IWOTA Lancaster 2021 / Yemon Choi, Matthew Daws, Gordon Blower editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, : Birkhäuser, : Springer, 2023

Descrizione fisica

ix, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Soggetti

46-XX - Functional analysis [MSC 2020]

46Lxx - Selfadjoint operator algebras ($C^*$-algebras, von Neumann ($W^*$-) algebras, etc.) [MSC 2020]

47-XX - Operator theory [MSC 2020]

47Axx - General theory of linear operators [MSC 2020]

47Bxx - Special classes of linear operators [MSC 2020]

47Gxx - Integral, integro-differential, and pseudodifferential operators [MSC 2020]

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia