Approximation
Documentary, History and the Staging of Reality
1st Edition
Published on 30. April 2020
252 pages
978-1-136-47305-0 (ISBN)
Description
In our era of 'fake news', Stella Bruzzi examines the dynamism that results from reusing and reconfiguring raw documentary data (documents, archive, news etc.) in creative ways.
Through a series of individual case studies, this book offers an innovative framework for understanding how, in our century, film and media texts frequently represent reality and negotiate the instabilities of 'truth' by 'approximating' factual events rather than merely representing them, through juxtaposing disparate, often colliding, perspectives of history and factual events. Covering areas such as true crime, politics and media, the book analyses the fluidity and instability of truth, arguing that 'approximation' is more prevalent now in our digital age, and that its conception is a result of viewers' accidental or unconscious connections and interventions.
Original and thought-provoking, Approximation provides students and researchers of media, film and cultural studies a deeper insight into our understanding and acceptance of what truth really means today.
Through a series of individual case studies, this book offers an innovative framework for understanding how, in our century, film and media texts frequently represent reality and negotiate the instabilities of 'truth' by 'approximating' factual events rather than merely representing them, through juxtaposing disparate, often colliding, perspectives of history and factual events. Covering areas such as true crime, politics and media, the book analyses the fluidity and instability of truth, arguing that 'approximation' is more prevalent now in our digital age, and that its conception is a result of viewers' accidental or unconscious connections and interventions.
Original and thought-provoking, Approximation provides students and researchers of media, film and cultural studies a deeper insight into our understanding and acceptance of what truth really means today.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
1 Tables, black and white; 16 Halftones, black and white
ISBN-13
978-1-136-47305-0 (9781136473050)
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Stella Bruzzi is Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at University College London (UCL) and Fellow of the British Academy. She has published widely in the areas of documentary, costume and masculinity in Hollywood. Her publications include Undressing Cinema: Clothing and Identity in the Movies, New Documentary and Men's Cinema. Approximation is an output from a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship.
Content
Introduction
Chapter One: Archive and the power of actuality
Chapter Two: '9/11' as 'Not 9/11': United 93 and Man on Wire
Chapter Three: Mad Men and the incidental events of the 1960s
Chapter Four: Documentary and the law: true crime and observation
Chapter Five: Political mimicry: from mimesis to alternate history
Chapter Six: Documentary re-enactment: the 'model' approximation
Chapter One: Archive and the power of actuality
Chapter Two: '9/11' as 'Not 9/11': United 93 and Man on Wire
Chapter Three: Mad Men and the incidental events of the 1960s
Chapter Four: Documentary and the law: true crime and observation
Chapter Five: Political mimicry: from mimesis to alternate history
Chapter Six: Documentary re-enactment: the 'model' approximation
