Picturing Culture: Explorations of Film and Anthropology

by Jay Ruby

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Here, Jay Ruby--a founder of visual anthropology--distills his thirty-year exploration of the relationship of film and anthropology. Spurred by a conviction that the ideal of an anthropological cinema has not even remotely begun to be realized, Ruby argues that ethnographic filmmakers should generate a set of critical standards analogous to those for written ethnographies. Cinematic artistry and the desire to entertain, he argues, can eclipse the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226730999

ISBN13:9780226730998

Release Date:August 2000

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:354 Pages

Weight:1.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Anthropology Arts, Music & Photography Cultural Film & Television Humor & Entertainment Movies Performing Arts Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences

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