The ethnographic optic

• Verfasst von: Astourian, Laure [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The ethnographic optic
• Titelzusatz: Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and the turn inward in 1960s French cinema
• Verf.angabe: Laure Astourian
• Verlagsort: Bloomington, Indiana, USA
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: xiii, 243 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: New directions in national cinemas
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis Seite 211-234
• ISBN: 978-0-253-06958-0
• ISBN: 978-0-253-06959-7
• Schlagwörter: (p)Rouch, Jean / (p)Marker, Chris / (p)Resnais, Alain / (s)Ethnologischer Film / (s)Film / (s)Indigenes Volk <Motiv>
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Astourian, Laure: Ethnographic optic. - Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2024
• Sach-SW: PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism
• Sach-SW: PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director (see also BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts)
• Sach-SW: Film criticism
• K10plus-PPN: 1883241650

Abstract

"The Ethnographic Optic in 1960s French Cinema traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema and studies its place in New Wave fictions and cinéma vérité documentaries while the French colonial empire fell apart. Author Laure Astourian argues that amid a shrinking empire, the enthusiasm of prominent French filmmakers Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, and Alain Resnais to produce ethnographic analysis of their own society reflects their growing awareness that France's identity was unraveling. In response, they internalized what their similarly white, urban, bourgeois predecessors had long turned outwards against the colonies. Including some of the most canonical and best-loved films of the French tradition, like Breathless and La Jetée, this is an essential book for readers interested in national identity and cinema"