Ethnographic film / by Karl G. Heider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heider, Karl G., 1935-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures in ethnology.

Motion pictures in ethnology--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Place of Publication:

Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Even before Robert Flaherty released Nanook of the North in 1922, anthropologists were producing films about the lifeways of native peoples for a public audience, as well as for research and teaching. Ethnographic Film (1976) was one of the first books to provide a comprehensive introduction to this field of visual anthropology, and it quickly became the standard reference. In this new edition, Karl G. Heider thoroughly updates Ethnographic Film to reflect developments in the field over the three decades since its publication, focusing on the work of four seminal filmmakers—Jean Rouch, John Marshall, Robert Gardner, and Timothy Asch. He begins with an introduction to ethnographic film and a history of the medium. He then considers many attributes of ethnographic film, including the crucial need to present "whole acts," "whole bodies," "whole interactions," and "whole people" to preserve the integrity of the cultural context. Heider also discusses numerous aspects of making ethnographic films, from ethics and finances to technical considerations such as film versus video and preserving the filmed record. He concludes with a look at using ethnographic film in teaching.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. A history of ethnographic film

3. The attributes of ethnogr aphic film

4. Making ethnogr aphic film

5. The use of ethnogr aphic

Appendix: A brief descriptive catalog of films

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-154) and index.

Includes filmography: p. [123]-142.

ISBN:

0-292-79565-3

OCLC:

191950552