The Documentary Film Reader

History, Theory, Criticism

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Edited by Jonathan Kahana

Type

Studies

Subject

Genre > Documentary

Keywords

documentary, theory

Publishing date

2016

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 1056 pages
7 x 10 inches (18 x 25.5 cm)

ISBN

978-0-19-973965-3

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Book Presentation:
• Provides the most comprehensive overview of documentary film assembled to date, with over 100 articles on myriad topics
• Features a substantial main introduction and section introductions throughout to establish key contexts and important critical issues
• Ranges widely across continents, filmmakers, and subgenres, addressing early documentary, avant-garde, propaganda, the essay film, and more
• Proposes a fresh canon of films and texts as a starting point for further exploration into the world of nonfiction cinema
• Includes foreword from the renowned film historian and filmmaker Charles Musser

The Documentary Film Reader brings together an expansive range of writing by scholars, critics, historians, and filmmakers to provide a stimulating foundational text for students and others who want to undertake study of nonfiction film. While documentary has long been a mainstay of universities and cinematheques, its popularity of late has grown tenfold as reality television has flourished and as the ranks of novice filmmakers have swelled. There are now dozens of film festivals dedicated exclusively to documentaries. This reader presents an international perspective on the most significant developments and debates from several decades of critical writing about documentary. It integrates historical and theoretical approaches, offering a collection that is particularly well suited to meet the needs of large undergraduate survey courses on nonfiction film, as well as providing sufficient depth for graduate classes.

About the Author:
Edited by Jonathan Kahana, Associate Professor of Film and Digital Media, University of California-Santa Cruz, and Foreword by Charles Musser, Professor of Film Studies, Yale University Jonathan Kahana is Associate Professor of Film and Digital Media at the University of Santa Cruz. He is the author of Intelligence Work: The Politics of American Documentary.

See the publisher website: Oxford University Press