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American Documentary Film: Projecting the Nation
Jeffrey Geiger
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Description for American Documentary Film: Projecting the Nation
Hardback. An overview of the American documentary film Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
What key concerns are reflected in documentaries produced in and about the United States? How have documentaries engaged with competing visions of US history, culture, politics, and national identity? This book examines how documentary films have contributed to the American public sphere - creating a kind of public space, serving as sites for community-building, public expression, and social innovation. Geiger focuses on how documentaries have been significant in forming ideas of the nation, both as an imagined space and a real place. Moving from the dawn of cinema to the present day, this is the first full-length study to focus ... Read more
What key concerns are reflected in documentaries produced in and about the United States? How have documentaries engaged with competing visions of US history, culture, politics, and national identity? This book examines how documentary films have contributed to the American public sphere - creating a kind of public space, serving as sites for community-building, public expression, and social innovation. Geiger focuses on how documentaries have been significant in forming ideas of the nation, both as an imagined space and a real place. Moving from the dawn of cinema to the present day, this is the first full-length study to focus ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748621477
SKU
V9780748621477
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About Jeffrey Geiger
Jeffrey Geiger is a senior lecturer in film studies at the University of Essex. He has published widely on documentary film and American Studies, as well as having a background in film production. His books include Facing the Pacific: Polynesia and the U.S. Imperial Imagination and the co-edited Film Analysis: A Norton Reader.
Reviews for American Documentary Film: Projecting the Nation
In American Documentary Film, Jeffrey Geiger examines the role of documentary film in mobilizing, promoting, and even suppressing central myths of U.S. national identity. His brilliant close readings illuminate the relationship between the rhetorical, technical and stylistic elements of specific films and a broader set of contexts and concerns. Rigorous yet accessible, this elegantly-written book will be of great value ... Read more