Watching the world [electronic resource] : screen documentary and audiences / Thomas Austin.

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Author/Creator:

Austin, Thomas, 1966-

Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, 2007.

Format/Description:

Book
217 p.

Subjects:

Documentary films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
Documentary films -- United States -- History and criticism.
Documentary television programs -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
Documentary television programs -- United States -- History and criticism.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Contents:

Continuity and change : the documentary 'boom'
Seeing, feeling, knowing : Entre et avoir
'Suspense, fright, emotion, happy ending' : documentary form and audience response to Touching the void
'The most confusing tears' : home video, sex crime and indeterminacy in Capturing the Friedmans
Approaching the invisible centre : middle-class identity and documentary film
'Our planet reveals its secrets' : wildlife documentaries on television
Conclusion : documentary world views.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-213) and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

Contributor:

ProQuest (Firm)

ISBN:

9780719076893 (hbk.)
9781847794482 (e-book)

OCLC:

818847563

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