Watching the World
- ISBN
- 9780719076893
Watching the World is a documentary films, documentary television programs book by Thomas Austin.
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"Watching the world extends the reach of documentary studies by investigating recent instances of screen documentary and the uses made of them by audiences. The book focuses on the interfaces between textual mechanisms, promotional tactics and audiences' viewing strategies. Key topics of inquiry are: film and televisual form, truth claims and issues of trust, the pleasures, politics and ethics of documentary Case studies include Capturing the Friedmans, Etre et Avoir, Paradise Lost, Touching the Void, and wildlife documentaries on television."--Jacket.
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Watching the World is a Documentary films, Documentary television programs, Audiences book.
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Watching the World was written by Thomas Austin.