The documentary
Subtitle: politics, emotion, culture
By: Belinda Smaill.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9780230237513
Subjects: Documentary films -- History and criticism; Documentary films -- Political aspects
Description: "An exploration of the role of emotion and affect in contemporary documentary film, arguing that analysis of the sociality of the emotions is integral to advancing our understanding of the formulation of selfhood in documentary. Belinda Smaill also examines documentary's political function, looking at issues such as gender, ethnicity and class"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: DOCUMENTARY AND THE OBJECTS OF PLEASURE. Introduction: Attachments, Subjects and the Documentary Object Pleasure and Disgust: Investigating the Female Porn Star PART II: PAIN AND OTHERNESS. Injury, Identity and Recognition - Rize and Fix: The Story of an Addicted City Gender and Pain: Kim Longinotto, Change and Modernity PART III: AFFECTIVE AUTHORSHIP: CARING AND MOURNING. Loss and Care: Asian Australian Documentary Civic Love and Contemporary Dissent Documentary: The Labour of Authorship PART IV: THE PARADOXES OF HOPEFULNESS.  Children, Futurity and Photography: Born into Brothels The Politics of Disgust and Hope: Michael Moore, Class and Documentary Stardom Conclusion.