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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784113703321

Titolo

F is for phony [[electronic resource] ] : fake documentary and truth's undoing / / Alexandra Juhasz and Jesse Lerner, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2006

ISBN

0-8166-9541-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (262 p.)

Collana

Visible evidence ; ; v. 17

Altri autori (Persone)

JuhaszAlexandra

LernerJesse

Disciplina

070.1/8

Soggetti

Documentary-style films - 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 and index.

Includes filmography: p. 241-243.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction: Phony Definitions and Troubling Taxonomies of the Fake Documentary; PART I. HISTORY AS BUNK; PART II. DOUBLE-CROSS CULTURAL FILMMAKING; PART III. DECEPTION; PART IV. CONCLUSIONS; Filmography; Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in F Is for Phony discuss a broad scope of works and explore issues raised by "fake docs" such as the fiction/documentary divide and the ethics of reality-based manipulation.