| Wondrous Difference: Cinema, Anthropology, and Turn-Of-The-Century Visual Culture Contributor(s): Griffiths, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 0231116977 ISBN-13: 9780231116978 Publisher: Columbia University Press OUR PRICE: $37.62 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: The ethical and ideological implications of cross-cultural image-making continue to stir debate among anthropologists, film scholars, and museum professionals. This innovative book focuses on the contested origins of ethnographic film from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, vividly depicting the dynamic visual culture of the period as it collided with the emerging discipline of anthropology and the new technology of motion pictures. Featuring more than 100 illustrations, the book examines museums of natural history, world's fairs, scientific and popular photography, and the early filmmaking efforts of anthropologists and commercial producers to investigate how cinema came to assume the role of mediator of cultural difference at the beginning of the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.8 |
| LCCN: 2001047227 |
| Series: Film and Culture |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.26" W x 9" (1.50 lbs) 528 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Griffiths, Alison: - Alison Griffiths is professor of film and media studies at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. She is the author of three books, all published by Columbia University Press: Wondrous Difference: Cinema, Anthropology and Turn of the Century Visual Culture (2000), Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View (2008), and Carceral Fantasies: Cinema and Prisons in the Early Twentieth-Century America (2016). |