Female Agency and Documentary Strategies: Subjectivities, Identity and Activism
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AlbakiReads Editorial Women’s authorship, activism and self-representation in contemporary documentary
Women’s authorship, activism and self-representation in contemporary documentary
An edited scholarly volume on the ways documentary images and media practices shape women’s agency, identity and claims to truth. Its scope extends beyond filmmaking to self-portraiture, blogging and social media, examining these forms as sites where authorship, subjectivity and activism can intersect. International contributors address representation both on screen and behind the camera, placing contemporary documentary within wider debates about gender and relational selfhood. Interviews with Hong Kong-based activist filmmaker and scholar Vivian Wenli Lin and Spanish documentarist Mercedes Alvarez add practitioner perspectives to the collection’s theoretical concerns.
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- Students and scholars of documentary cinema and media studies
- Readers researching gender, authorship and screen representation
- Those interested in digital self-representation and activist media
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Documentary authorshipFemale agencyRepresentation and identityDigital mediaActivism
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Book Overview This book, like its twin volume Female Authorship and the Documentary Image, centres on pressing issues in relation to female authorship ...
This book, like its twin volume Female Authorship and the Documentary Image, centres on pressing issues in relation to female authorship in contemporary documentary practices. Addressing the politics of representation and authorship both behind and in front of the camera, a range of international scholars now expand the theoretical and practical framework informing the current scholarship on documentary cinema, which has so far neglected questions of gender.
Female Agency and Documentary Strategies centres on how self-portraiture and contemporary documentary manifestations such as blogging and the prevalent usage of social media shape and inform female subjectivities and claims to truth. The book examines the scope of authorship and agency open to women using these technologies as a form of activism, centring on notions of relationality, selfhood and subjectivity, and includes interviews with Hong Kong based activist filmmaker and scholar Vivian Wenli Lin and Spanish documentarist Mercedes Alvarez.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 224 | Language: English | Publisher: EDINBURGH UNIV PR | ISBN: 1474431747
FormatPaperback
Pages224
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1474431747
EAN9781474431743
PublisherEDINBURGH UNIV PR
Publication Date2019-08-07
Edition1
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.55 Pounds
Length9.0 Inches
Width6.0 Inches
Height0.4 Inches
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