false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1181720648m/1184286.jpg 1184286 2 <div>Here, Jay Ruby&#8212;a founder of visual anthropology&#8212;distills his thirty-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 for written ethnographies. Cinematic artistry and the desire to entertain, he argues, can eclipse the original intention, which is to provide an anthropological representation of the subjects.<br><br>The book begins with analyses of key filmmakers (Robert Flaherty, Robert Garner, and Tim Asch) who have striven to generate profound statements about human behavior on film. Ruby then discusses the idea of research film, Eric Michaels and indigenous media, the ethics of representation, the nature of ethnography, anthropological knowledge, and film and lays the groundwork for a critical approach to the field that borrows selectively from film, communication, media, and cultural studies. Witty and original, yet intensely theoretical, this collection is a major contribution to the field of visual anthropology.</div> 1172237 15 8 2000 Picturing Culture: Explorations in Film and Anthropology total:8|5:3|4:2|3:2|2:1| 8 31 18 0 0 0 false false Mon Aug 10 08:02:15 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 08:02:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 07 09:34:22 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 09:34:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jun 01 09:12:19 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 09:12:19 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 05 23:38:36 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 23:38:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 24 14:00:53 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 14:00:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 25 12:33:54 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 12:33:54 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Sep 16 12:31:33 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 12:31:35 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Sep 24 18:57:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 11 13:02:59 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 24 18:57:00 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Aug 08 08:16:47 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 08:16:47 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Wed Apr 23 22:06:33 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 23 22:06:33 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sat Apr 12 12:10:40 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 12:10:40 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Mar 27 15:52:46 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 15:52:46 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat Feb 02 10:05:32 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 10:05:32 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Jan 26 08:26:11 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 08:32:02 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Thu Dec 27 21:06:38 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 27 21:06:38 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Wed Oct 31 09:54:21 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 31 09:54:21 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Fri Sep 28 17:30:20 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 17:30:22 -0700 2007 4 0 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 13 00:45:25 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 15 03:36:48 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1184286