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The adventure of the real Jean Rouch and the craft of ethnographic cinema

Title
The adventure of the real [electronic resource] : Jean Rouch and the craft of ethnographic cinema / Paul Henley.
Author
Henley, Paul.
Publication
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

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Description
1 online resource (507 p.) : ill.
Uniform Title
Adventure of the real (Online)
Alternative Title
Adventure of the real (Online)
Subject
  • Rouch, Jean
  • Cinematographers > France
  • Ethnologists > France
  • Ethnographic films > Africa, West
  • Motion pictures in ethnology > Africa, West
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Includes filmography of Jean Rouch.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Initiation -- The surrealist encounter -- The camera and a man in Africa -- Nothing but cinema -- Encounters with spirits -- Heroes of the modern world -- Dreams of black and white -- Images of power -- Between Paris and the land of nowhere -- New technologies, new methods -- Chronicle of a violent game -- New wave experiments -- Between Paris and the land of nowhere -- A struggle waged against corruption -- The craft of ethnographic cinema -- Totemic ancestors -- Inspired performance -- The harsh dialogue -- The fixing of the truth -- Shared anthropology -- The legacy of Jean Rouch.
LCCN
2009028839
OCLC
ssj0000356353
Author
Henley, Paul.
Title
The adventure of the real [electronic resource] : Jean Rouch and the craft of ethnographic cinema / Paul Henley.
Imprint
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes filmography of Jean Rouch.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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