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1	Seeing Anthropology: Cultural Anthropology Through Film more books like this by Karl G Heider Seeing Anthropologycontinues to be the only cultural anthropology text available that allows for easy integration of ethnographic films into the introductory cultural anthropology course. Visual anthropologists and contributors, Pamela Blakely and Thomas Blakely, professors who have taught many classes with each edition of this textbook and its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Visual anthropology: photography as a research method more books like this by John Collier First published in 1967, "Visual Anthropology" has become a classic in its field, invaluable not only for anthropologists but for anyone using photography, film, and video to understand human behavior and culture. This completely revised and expanded edition brings the technical information up to date and includes the insights the Colliers have ... see all copies from $11.82! new only from $15.88! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Wondrous Difference: Cinema, Anthropology, and Turn-Of-The-Century Visual Culture more books like this by Professor Alison Griffiths 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 precursors and contexts of ethnographic film from the late nineteenth century to the 1920s, vividly depicting the dynamic visual culture of the period as ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $14.99! \| SVS
4	Experimental Ethnography - PB more books like this by Catherine Russell Experimental film and ethnographic film have long been considered separate, autonomous practices on the margins of mainstream cinema. By exploring the interplay between the two forms, Catherine Russell throws new light on both the avant-garde and visual anthropology. Russell provides detailed analyses of more than thirty-five films and videos from ... see all copies from $17.35! new only from $22.95! \| SVS
5	Innovation in Ethnographic Film: From Innocence to Self-Consciousness, 1955-1985 more books like this by Peter Loizos, Peter Loizes In the first coprehensive introduction to the nature and development of ethnographic film, Peter Loizos reviews fifty of the most important films made between 1955 and 1985. Going beyond programmatic statements, he analyzes the films themselves, identifying and discussing their contributions to ethnographic documentation. Loizos begins by ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $16.51! \| SVS
6	The Corporeal Image: Film, Ethnography, and the Senses more books like this by David MacDougall In this book, David MacDougall, one of the leading ethnographic filmmakers and film scholars of his generation, builds upon the ideas from his widely praised "Transcultural Cinema" and argues for a new conception of how visual images create human knowledge in a world in which the value of seeing has often been eclipsed by words. In ten chapters, ... see all copies from $16.85! new only from $16.85! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Cross-Cultural Filmmaking: Handbook for Making Documentary more books like this by Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Taylor The authors of this text cover the practical, technical and theoretical aspects of documentary filming, from fundraising to exhibition. The first section discusses filmmaking styles and the assumptions that may hide unacknowledged behind them, as well as the practical and ethical issues involved in moving from fieldwork to filmaking. The second ... see all copies from $12.43! new only from $34.41! \| SVS
8	The Third Eye: Race, Cinema, and Ethnographic Spectacle more books like this by Fatimah Tobing Rony Charting the intersection of technology and ideology, cultural production and social science, Fatimah Tobing Rony explores early-twentieth-century representations of non-Western indigenous peoples in films ranging from the documentary to the spectacular to the scientific. Turning the gaze of the ethnographic camera back onto itself, bringing the ... see all copies from $9.75! new only from $21.00! \| SVS
9	Transcultural Cinema more books like this by David MacDougall, Lucien Taylor (Editor) David MacDougall is a pivotal figure in the development of ethnographic cinema and visual anthropology. As a filmmaker, he has directed in Africa, Australia, India, and Europe. His prize-winning films (many made jointly with his wife, Judith MacDougall) include "The Wedding Camels", "Lorang's Way", "To Live with Herds", "A Wife Among Wives", ... see all copies from $18.55! new only from $29.45! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Ethnographic Film more books like this by Karl G Heider Even before Robert Flaherty released Nanook of the North in 1922, anthropologists were producing films about the lifeways of native people for a public audience, as well as for research and teaching. "Ethnographic Film" (1976) was one of the first books to provide a comprehensive introduction to this field of visual anthropology, and it quickly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Through Navajo Eyes: An Exploration in Film Communication and Anthropology more books like this by Sol Worth Originally published in 1972, this pioneering book has become a classic in visual anthropology. Worth and Adair set out to answer the question, What would happen if someone from a culture that makes and uses motion pictures taught people who have never made or used motion pictures to do so for the first time? They taught filmmaking and editing to ... see all copies from $2.95! signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Principles of Visual Anthropology more books like this by Paul Hockings Containing 27 articles, this book covers ethnographic filming and its relations to the cinema and television; applications of filming to anthropological research, the uses of still photography, archives and video tape; subdisciplinary applications in ethnography, archaeology, bio-anthropology, museology and ethnohistory; and overcoming the funding ... see all copies from $20.60! new only from $46.87! \| first editions
13	Jero Tapakan: Balinese Healer: An Ethnographic Film Monograph more books like this by Linda Connor Jero Tapakan is a popular village spirit medium on the island of Bali, Indonesia. Clients consult her about problems ranging from physical and mental illness to theft and advice on ritual matters. This book is a fascinating case-study of healing in a Southeast Asian society, and is unique because the book is integrated with film of specific ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $79.52! \| first editions
14	A Box Full of Spirits: Adventures of a Film-Maker in Africa more books like this by Leslie Woodhead see all copies from $4.80! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Picturing Culture: Explorations of Film and Anthropology more books like this by Jay Ruby Here, Jay Ruby - a founder of visual anthropology - distills his 30-year exploration of the relationship of film and anthropology. Spurred by a conviction that the ideal of an anthropological cinema has not even remotely begun to be realized, Ruby argues that ethnographic filmmakers should generate a set of critical standards analogous to those ... see all copies from $7.92! new only from $24.70! \| SVS
16	Anthropological Filmmaking more books like this by Jack R Rollwagen see all copies from $8.24! new only from $105.04! \| first editions
17 view cover	Cine Ethnography more books like this by Jean Rouch, Steven Feld (Translator) One of the most influential figures in documentary and ethnographic filmmaking, Jean Rouch has made more than one hundred films in West Africa and France. In such acclaimed works as Jaguar, The Lion Hunters, and Cocorico, Monsieur Poulet, Rouch has explored racism, colonialism, African modernity, religious ritual, and music. He pioneered numerous ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $26.50!
18 view cover	The Impulse to Preserve: Reflections of a Filmmaker more books like this by Robert Gardner, Charles Simic (Foreword by) Despite Primo Levi's dire warning about the "inadequacy of documentary evidence," Robert Gardner's work shows that capturing the light reflected from actuality has its revelatory moments. Including nearly 500 photographs, "The Impulse to Preserve" contains the thoughts and images of a lifetime spent probing human experience in the world's most ... see all copies from $33.00! new only from $40.69! \| first editions
19 view cover	Filming Castaneda: The Hunt for Magic and Reason more books like this by Gaby Geuter see all copies from $10.50! new only from $10.50! \| SVS
20 view cover	Film as Ethnography more books like this by Peter Ian Crawford This work examines the reasons why anthropologists have not used the camera as a research instrument or film as a means of communicating ethnographic knowledge. It suggests that images and words in this discipline operate on different logical levels; that they are hierarchically related; that whereas writings may encompass the images produced by ... see all copies from $15.70! new only from $46.15!
21 view cover	Lesbian Family Relationships in American Society: The Making of an Ethnographic Film more books like this by Maureen A Asten This book explores intimate relationships in lesbian families living in American society. From an insider's point of view, it examines how relationships within these families form and develop, what special concerns and problems result, what personal gains the family members derive from these types of families, and how motherhood and parenthood ... see all copies from $5.00! new only from $75.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	Working Images: Visual Research and Representation in Ethnography more books like this by Dr. Sarah Pink (Editor), Laszlo Kurti (Editor), Ana Isabel Afonso (Editor) Visual methods such as drawing, painting, video, photography and hypermedia offer increasingly accessible and popular resources for ethnographic research. In Working Images , prominent visual anthropologists and artists explore how old and new visual media can be integrated into contemporary forms of research and representation. Drawing upon ... see all copies from $34.12! new only from $34.12!
23 view cover	A Paradigm for Looking: Cross-Cultural Research with Visual Media more books like this by Beryl L Bellman, Bennettta Jules-Rosette Based on research in two African communities, this volume presents a new methodology for examining visual media--one that suggests a phenomenology of filmmaking and an ethnography of mediated communication. Comprehensively developed and discusses, this methodology can be used for analysis of any informant-made visual communication. see all copies from $6.87! first editions
24 view cover	The Cinema of Robert Gardner more books like this by Ilisa Barbash (Editor), Lucien Taylor (Editor) The most artistic of ethnographic filmmakers, and the most ethnographic of artistic filmmakers, Robert Gardner is one of the most original, as well as controversial, filmmakers of the last half century. This is the first volume of essays dedicated to his work - a corpus of aesthetically arresting films which includes the classic "Dead Birds" (1963 ... see all copies from $24.05! new only from $26.36! \| SVS
25 view cover	Visualizing Anthropology more books like this by Amanda Ravetz, Anna Grimshaw (Editor) Questions of vision and knowledge are central to debates about the world in which we live. Developing new analytical approaches toward ways of seeing is a key challenge facing those working across a wide range of disciplines. How can visuality be understood on its own terms rather than by means of established textual frameworks? Visualizing ... see all copies from $37.88! new only from $37.88! \| SVS

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