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The Ethnographic Optic

Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, and the Turn Inward in 1960s French Cinema
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The Ethnographic Optic traces the surprising role of ethnography in French cinema in the 1960s and examines its place in several New Wave fictions and cinema verite documentaries during the final years of the French colonial empire. Focusing on prominent French filmmakers Jean Rouch, Chris Marker, and Alain Resnais, author Laure Astourian elucidates their striking pivot from centering their work on distant lands to scrutinizing their own French urban culture. As awareness of the ramifications of the shrinking empire grew within metropolitan France, these filmmakers turned inward what their similarly white, urban, bourgeois predecessors had long turned outward toward the colonies: the ethnographic gaze. Featuring some of the most canonical and best-loved films of the French tradition, such as Breathless and La Jetee, this is an essential book for readers interested in national identity and cinema.

Author Biography:

Laure Astourian is Associate Professor of French at Bentley University.
Release date Australia
June 4th, 2024
Pages
264
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
87 color illus., 50 b&w illus.
ISBN-13
9780253069597
Product ID
37906740

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