Picturing Culture: Explorations of Film and Anthropology [Paperback] Ruby, Jay

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9780226730998
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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226730999
ISBN-13
9780226730998
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1686868

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Number of Pages
354 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Picturing Culture : Explorations of Film and Anthropology
Publication Year
2000
Subject
Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General, Film / History & Criticism
Type
Textbook
Author
Jay Ruby
Subject Area
Performing Arts, Social Science
Format
Trade Paperback

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0.9 in
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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
99-089536
Dewey Decimal
301
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction 1. Researching with a Camera: The Anthropologist as Picture Taker 2. The Aggie Must Come First: Robert Flaherty's Place in Ethnographic Film History 3. Robert Gardner and Anthropological Cinema 4. Out of Sync: The Cinema of Tim Asch 5. The Ethics of Image Making; or, "They're Going to Put Me in the Movies. They're Going to Make a Big Star Out of Me" 6. Exposing Yourself: Reflexivity, Anthropology, and Film 7. The Viewer Viewed: The Reception of Ethnographic Films 8. Speaking for, Speaking about, Speaking with, or Speaking Alongside 9. In the Belly of the Beast: Eric Michaels and Indigenous Media 10. Toward an Anthropological Cinema: Some Conclusions and a Possible Future Notes References Index
Synopsis
Here, Jay Ruby--a founder of visual anthropology--distills his thirty-year exploration of the relationship of film and anthropology. Spurred by a conviction that the ideal of an anthropological cinema has not even remotely begun to be realized, Ruby argues that ethnographic filmmakers should generate a set of critical standards analogous to those for written ethnographies. Cinematic artistry and the desire to entertain, he argues, can eclipse the original intention, which is to provide an anthropological representation of the subjects. The book begins with analyses of key filmmakers (Robert Flaherty, Robert Garner, and Tim Asch) who have striven to generate profound statements about human behavior on film. Ruby then discusses the idea of research film, Eric Michaels and indigenous media, the ethics of representation, the nature of ethnography, anthropological knowledge, and film and lays the groundwork for a critical approach to the field that borrows selectively from film, communication, media, and cultural studies. Witty and original, yet intensely theoretical, this collection is a major contribution to the field of visual anthropology., Here, Jay Ruby-a founder of visual anthropology-distills his thirty-year exploration of the relationship of film and anthropology. Spurred by a conviction that the ideal of an anthropological cinema has not even remotely begun to be realized, Ruby argues that ethnographic filmmakers should generate a set of critical standards analogous to those for written ethnographies. Cinematic artistry and the desire to entertain, he argues, can eclipse the original intention, which is to provide an anthropological representation of the subjects. The book begins with analyses of key filmmakers (Robert Flaherty, Robert Garner, and Tim Asch) who have striven to generate profound statements about human behavior on film. Ruby then discusses the idea of research film, Eric Michaels and indigenous media, the ethics of representation, the nature of ethnography, anthropological knowledge, and film and lays the groundwork for a critical approach to the field that borrows selectively from film, communication, media, and cultural studies. Witty and original, yet intensely theoretical, this collection is a major contribution to the field of visual anthropology.
LC Classification Number
GN347.R83 2000

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