Documenting Ourselves: Film, Video, and Culture
"Sherman's fine book traces the documentary tradition and is a major contribution to our appreciation of how film and video deepens our understanding of the human experience." -- Bill Ferris, Director, Center for the Study of Southern Culture"A brilliant study of a new documentary genre.... This book has three effects on the reader: one craves seeing the films she discusses; one finds it impossible to teach a documentary film course again without a representation of folkloric film; and one feels more optimistic about technology." -- Choice"A vision of modern folklore studies on film which is collaborative, engaged and which celebrates the local, even as it documents and participates." -- Times Literary Supplement"Throughout the book there are thoughtful, insightful observations about the epistemological, social, and moral dimensions of making films about culture, and it is worth reading for those and for the interviews." -- Western Folklore