Wondrous Difference Cinema, Anthropology, and Turn-Of-the-Century Visual Culture |
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| Author:
| Griffiths, Alison |
| Series title: | Film and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-11696-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $120.00 |
Book Description:
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This innovative book focuses on the contested origins of ethnographic film from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, vividly depicting the dynamic visual culture of the period as it collided with the emerging discipline of anthropology and the new technology of motion pictures.
This innovative book focuses on the contested origins of ethnographic film from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, vividly depicting the dynamic visual culture of the period as it collided with the emerging discipline of anthropology and the new technology of motion pictures.