The Conscience of Cinema
Conscience of Cinema
1st Edition
Published on 15. June 2016
780 pages
978-90-485-2525-6 (ISBN)
Description
Thomas Waugh is University Research Chair in Documentary and in Sexual Representation at Concordia University, Montreal, where he has taught since 1976. His most recent books are The Right to Play Oneself: Looking Back on Documentary Film (2011) and The Perils of Pedagogy: The Works of John Greyson (2013).
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Thomas Waugh is University Research Chair in Documentary and in Sexual Representation at Concordia University, Montreal, where he has taught since 1976. His most recent books are The Right to Play Oneself: Looking Back on Documentary Film (2011) and The Perils of Pedagogy: The Works of John Greyson (2013).
Content
Introduction: "Joris Ivens and the Legacy of Committed Documentary"1. Ivens and the Silent Film Avant-Garde 1926-19292. The Radicalization of the Poet 1929-1936 3. The Anti-Fascist Front 1936-19414. World War II 1941-1946: Coalitions, Retrenchments5. Cold Warrior Behind the Iron Curtain 1946-19566. The Poet Reborn: "Lyrical Essays" 1956-19667. Southeast Asia 1966-1970: Reinventing the Solidarity Film8. China 1971-1989: from the Other to the Self
