The ethnographic optic : Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and the turn inward in 1960s French cinema / Laure Astourian.
"The Ethnographic Optic in 1960s French Cinema traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema and studies its place in New Wave fictions and cinéma vérité documentaries while the French colonial empire fell apart. Author Laure Astourian argues that amid a shrinking empire, the en...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bloomington, Indiana :
Indiana University Press,
2024.
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| Series: | New directions in national cinemas.
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| Summary: | "The Ethnographic Optic in 1960s French Cinema traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema and studies its place in New Wave fictions and cinéma vérité documentaries while the French colonial empire fell apart. Author Laure Astourian argues that amid a shrinking empire, the enthusiasm of prominent French filmmakers Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, and Alain Resnais to produce ethnographic analysis of their own society reflects their growing awareness that France's identity was unraveling. In response, they internalized what their similarly white, urban, bourgeois predecessors had long turned outwards against the colonies. Including some of the most canonical and best-loved films of the French tradition, like Breathless and La Jetée, this is an essential book for readers interested in national identity and cinema"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 243 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0253069602 9780253069610 0253069610 9780253069603 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 23, 2024). |