Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary /

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"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,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Benson, Thomas W. (Editor), Snee, Brian J. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Moore, Michael > 1954-
Moore, Michael, > 1954 April 23-
Moore, Michael, > 1954 April 23- > Criticism and interpretation.
Politik och film.
Dokumentärfilm.
Dokumentarfilm
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
Documentary films > Political aspects.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Documentary films > Political aspects > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Michael Moore and the rhetoric of documentary: art, argument, affect 1 / Thomas W. Benson and Brian J. Snee
  • Laughing through our tears: rhetorical tensions in Roger & me / Jennifer L. Borda
  • The big one that got away / Christine Harold
  • The many moods of Michael Moore: aesthetics and affect in Bowling for Columbine / Brian L. Ott and Susan A. Sci
  • The conversion of Lila Lipscomb in Fahrenheit 9/11 / Thomas Rosteck and Thomas S. Frentz
  • The phenomenal text of Michael Moore's Sicko / Edward Schiappa, Daniel Ladislau Horvath, and Peter B. Gregg
  • The ghosts of Michael Moore's future-Past: or, the many failures of Slacker uprising / Davis W. Houck and Joseph Delbert Davenport
  • "I'm sorry to see it go": nostalgic rhetoric in Michael Moore's Capitalism: a love story / Kendall R. Phillips.

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