Table of Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Notes on the Contributors ix
Foreword Kate Nash xiii
Introduction Boel Ulfsdotter Anna Backman Rogers 1
Part 1 New Media and Activism
1 The Pencil of Identity: Instagram as Inadvertent (Female) Autobiography Kris Fallon 9
2 Archetype and Authenticity: Reflections on Amalia Ulman's Excellences & Perfections Cadence Kinsey 23
3 Blogging the Female Self: Authorship, Self-performance and Identity Politics in Fashion Blogs Monica Titton 38
Part 2 Relationality, Selfhood and Subjectivities
4 'Scriptrix Narrans': Digital Documentary Storytelling's Radical Potential Gail Vanstone 57
5 Hybrid Practices and Voice Making in Contemporary Female Documentary Film Kim Munro 70
6 Record Keeping: Family Memories on Film - Rea Tajiri's History and Memory: For Akiko and Takashig and Wisdom Gone Wild Kerreen Ely-Harper 84
7 'Not Because my Heart is Gone; Simply the Other Side': Francesca Woodman's Relational and Ephemeral Subjectivity at the Limit of the Image Anna Backman Rogers 100
8 Other Women: Thinking Class and Gender in Contemporary Brazilian Documentary Film Carla Maia 114
Interview: 'Visualising Our Voices' - Hong Kong Scholar and Film Director Vivian Wenli Lin, in conversation with Boel Ulfsdotter 125
Part 3 Identity Politics of Documentary
9 From Visceral Style to Discourse of Resistance: Reading Alka Sadat's Afghan Documentaries on Violence Against Women Anna Misiak 137
10 Documenting Georgia in Transition: The Films of Salomé Jashi and Nino Kirtadze John A. Riley 156
11 Profession: Documentarist: Underground Documentary Making in Iran Lidia Merás 170
12 'Reflecting through Images': The Documentaries of Mercedes Álvarez Linda Ehrlich 184
Select Bibliography 194
Index 201