Principles of Visual Anthropology (eBook)

Paul Hockings (Herausgeber)

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2003 | 3rd ed. [with a new preface]
581 Seiten
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-022113-8 (ISBN)

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This edition contains 27 articles, written by scholars and filmmakers who are generally acknowledged as the international authorities in the field, and a new preface by the editor. The book covers ethnographic filming and its relations to the cinema and television; applications of filming to anthropological research, the uses of still photography, archives, and videotape; subdisciplinary applications in ethnography, archeology, bio-anthropology, museology and ethnohistory; and overcoming the funding problems of film production.

Paul Hockings is Professor (emeritus) of Anthroplogy at the University of Illinois-Chicago, USA.

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Paul Hockings is Professor (emeritus) of Anthroplogy at the University of Illinois-Chicago, USA. 

Inhalt

Preface to the Third Edition 6
Preface 14
Foreword 16
Table of Contents 18
Introduction 22
Visual Anthropology in a Discipline of Words 24
Ethnographic Filming and the Cinema 32
The History of Ethnographic Film 34
Feature Films as Cultural Docunlents 66
McCarty's Law and How to Break It 90
Some Recent Approaches to Anthropological Film 98
The Camera and Man 100
Observational Cinema 120
Beyond Observational Cinema 136
Idea and Event in Urban Film 154
Research Filming ofNaturally Occurring Phenomena: Basic Strategies 168
Visual Anthropology and the Past 182
Ethnographic Film and History 184
Reconstructing Cultures on Film 202
The Role ofFilm in Archaeology 214
Ethnographic Photography in Anthropological Research 222
Our Totemic Ancestors and Crazed Masters 238
Some Specialized Uses of Film and Videotape 254
Photography and Visual Anthropology 256
Videotape: New Techniques of Observation and Analysis in Anthropology 276
Filming Body Behavior 306
Audiovisual Tools for the Analysis of Culture Style 336
Film in Ethnographic Research 356
The Presentation of Anthropological Information 382
Ethnographies on the Airwaves: The Presentation of Anthropologyon American, British, Belgian and Japanese Television 384
The First Videotheque 420
Funding Ethnographic Film and Video Productions in America 434
Ethnographic Filmmakingfor Japanese Television 462
Matters of Fact 478
The Future of Visual Anthropology 500
The Tribal Terror of Self- Awareness 502
Visual Records, Human Knowledge, and the Future 514
Conclusion: Ethnographic Filming and Anthropological Theory 528
Appendices 552
Resolution on Visual Anthropology 554
Note on Filmography 556
Biographical Notes 560
Index of Films 566
Index of Names 569
Index of Subjects 575

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.12.2009
• Verlagsort: Berlin/Boston
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Kulturanthropologie • Visuelle Medien
• ISBN-10: 3-11-022113-6 / 3110221136
• ISBN-13: 978-3-11-022113-8 / 9783110221138