The adventure of the real
Subtitle: Jean Rouch and the craft of ethnographic cinema
By: Paul Henley.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 507
ISBN-13: 9780226327143; 9780226327150
Subjects: Rouch, Jean; Cinematographers -- France; Ethnologists -- France; Ethnographic films -- Africa, West; Motion pictures in ethnology -- Africa, West
Description: Here, Henley examines the technical strategies, aesthetic considerations, and ethical positions that contribute to Rouch's cinematographic legacy. Featuring over 150 images, this book is an essential introduction to Rouch's work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography of Jean Rouch.
Table of contents: title: Initiation; title: The surrealist encounter; title: The camera and a man in Africa; title: Nothing but cinema; title: Encounters with spirits; title: Heroes of the modern world; title: Dreams of black and white; title: Images of power; title: Between Paris and the land of nowhere; title: New technologies, new methods; title: Chronicle of a violent game; title: New wave experiments; title: Between Paris and the land of nowhere; title: A struggle waged against corruption; title: The craft of ethnographic cinema; title: Totemic ancestors; title: Inspired performance; title: The harsh dialogue; title: The fixing of the truth; title: Shared anthropology; title: The legacy of Jean Rouch.