The autobiographical documentary in America / Jim Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Jim, 1959-

Series:

Wisconsin studies in autobiography.

Wisconsin studies in autobiography

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autobiography.

Documentary films--United States--History and criticism.

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

xii, 246 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2002.

Summary:

Since the late 1960s, American film and video makers of all genres have been fascinated with themes of self and identity. Though the documentary form is most often used to capture the lives of others, Jim Lane turns his lens on those media makers who document their own lives and identities. He looks at the ways in which autobiographical documentaries-including Roger and Me, Sherman's March, and Silverlake Life-raise weighty questions about American cultural life. What is the role of women in society? What does it mean to die from AIDS? How do race and class play out in our personal lives? What does it mean to be a member of a family? Examining the history, diversity, and theoretical underpinnings of this increasingly popular documentary form, Lane tracks a fundamental transformation of notions of both autobiography and documentary.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Illustrations ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 3

I The Convergence of Autobiography and Documentary:

Historical Connections I I

2 David Holzman's Diary: An Unlikely Beginning 33

3 The Journal Entry Approach: Narrative, Chronology, and

Autobiographical Claims 48

4 Autobiographical Portraiture: Family and Self 94

5 Women and the Autobiographical Documentary: Historical

Intervention, Writing, Alterity, and the Dialogic Engagement 145

Afterword I9I

Notes 197

Filmography 222

Works Cited 224

Index 233.

Notes:

Includes filmography (p. 222-223).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-232) and index.

ISBN:

9786612764127

9781282764125

1282764128

9780299176532

0299176533

OCLC:

669516768