Michael Moore and the rhetoric of documentary
By: Edited by Thomas W. Benson and Brian J. Snee
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780809334070; 9780809334087
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Documentary films; History and criticism; Motion pictures
Description: "Not afraid to tackle provocative topics in American culture, from gun violence and labor policies to terrorism and health care, Michael Moore has earned both applause and invective in his career as a documentarian. In such polarizing films as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko, Moore has established a unique voice of radical nostalgia for progressivism, and in doing so has become one of the most recognized documentary filmmakers of all time. In the first in-depth study of Moore's feature-length documentary films, editors Thomas W. Benson and Brian J. Snee have gathered leading rhetoric scholars to examine the production, rhetorical appeals, and audience reception of these films. Contributors critique the films primarily as modes of public argument and political art. Each essay is devoted to one of Moore's films and traces in detail how each film invites specific audience responses. Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary reveals not only the art, the argument, and the emotional appeals of Moore's documentaries but also how these films have revolutionized the genre of documentary filmmaking."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-219) and index.
Table of contents: title: Michael Moore and the rhetoric of documentary: art, argument, affect 1 / Thomas W. Benson and Brian J. Snee; title: Laughing through our tears: rhetorical tensions in Roger & me / Jennifer L. Borda; title: The big one that got away / Christine Harold; title: The many moods of Michael Moore: aesthetics and affect in Bowling for Columbine / Brian L. Ott and Susan A. Sci; title: The conversion of Lila Lipscomb in Fahrenheit 9/11 / Thomas Rosteck and Thomas S. Frentz; title: The phenomenal text of Michael Moore's Sicko / Edward Schiappa, Daniel Ladislau Horvath, and Peter B. Gregg; title: The ghosts of Michael Moore's future-Past: or, the many failures of Slacker uprising / Davis W. Houck and Joseph Delbert Davenport; title: "I'm sorry to see it go": nostalgic rhetoric in Michael Moore's Capitalism: a love story / Kendall R. Phillips.