The autobiographical documentary in America / / Jim Lane

• Autore: Lane Jim <1959->
• Pubblicazione: Madison, : University of Wisconsin Press, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 246 p. : ill
• Disciplina: 920.073
• Soggetto topico: Autobiography; Documentary films - United States - History and criticism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes filmography (p. 222-223).; Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-232) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Illustrations ix -- Acknowledgments xi -- Introduction 3 -- I The Convergence of Autobiography and Documentary: -- Historical Connections I I -- 2 David Holzman's Diary: An Unlikely Beginning 33 -- 3 The Journal Entry Approach: Narrative, Chronology, and -- Autobiographical Claims 48 -- 4 Autobiographical Portraiture: Family and Self 94 -- 5 Women and the Autobiographical Documentary: Historical -- Intervention, Writing, Alterity, and the Dialogic Engagement 145 -- Afterword I9I -- Notes 197 -- Filmography 222 -- Works Cited 224 -- Index 233.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the late 1960s, American film and video makers of all genres have been fascinated with themes of self and identity. Though the documentary form is most often used to capture the lives of others, Jim Lane turns his lens on those media makers who document their own lives and identities. He looks at the ways in which autobiographical documentaries-including Roger and Me, Sherman's March, and Silverlake Life-raise weighty questions about American cultural life. What is the role of women in society? What does it mean to die from AIDS? How do race and class play out in our personal lives? What does it mean to be a member of a family? Examining the history, diversity, and theoretical underpinnings of this increasingly popular documentary form, Lane tracks a fundamental transformation of notions of both autobiography and documentary.
• Titolo autorizzato: Autobiographical documentary in America
• ISBN: 9786612764127; 9781282764125; 1282764128; 9780299176532; 0299176533
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910973625603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wisconsin studies in autobiography.