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Watching the World : Screen documentary and audiences.

Screen documentary has experienced a marked rise in visibility and popularity in recent years. What are the reasons for the so-called 'boom' in documentaries at the cinema? How has television documentary met the challenge of new formats? And how do audiences engage with documentaries on sc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Austin, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2012.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Continuity and change:the documentary 'boom'; 2. Seeing, feeling, knowing: Etre et avoir; 3. 'Suspense, fright, emotion, happyending': documentary form and audience response to Touching the Void; 4. 'The most confusing tears': home video, sex crime and indeterminacy in Capturing the Friedmans; 5. Approaching the invisible centre:middle-class identity and documentary film; 6. 'Our planet reveals its secrets': wildlife documentaries on television; 7. Conclusion: documentary world views; Methodological appendix; Select bibliography; Index.