Indian Documentary Film and Filmmakers: Independence in Practice - Couverture rigide

Kishore, Shweta

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1474433065 ISBN 13 : 9781474433068

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Independent documentary is enjoying a resurgence in post-reform India. But in contemporary cinema and media cultures, where 'independent' operates as an industry genre or critical category, how do we understand the significance of this mode of cultural production? Based on detailed onsite observation of documentary production, circulation practices and the analysis of film texts, this book identifies independence as a 'tactical practice', contesting the normative definitions and functions assigned to culture, cultural production and producers in a neoliberal economic system. Focusing on selected filmmakers, the book establishes how they have reorganised the dominance of industrial media, technology and social relations to develop practices that build upon principles of de-economisation, artisanship and interdependence.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Shweta Kishore lectures in Film and Media at RMIT University in Ho Chi Minh City, and leads creative research collaborations with contemporary Vietnamese women artists. She gained a PhD from Monash university and is also a documentary practitioner. Her interests include how film studies, gender and social theory intersect in writing, and making and curating independent documentary film as a mode of critical and political practice.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1474433065
• ISBN 13: 9781474433068
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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