New Worlds From Fragments: Film, Ethnography, And The Representation Of Northwest Coast Cultures

by Rosalind Morris

Overview

This book explores the tradition of ethnographic film on the Northwest Coast and its relationship to the ethnography of the area. It points out the complex relationships between particular epistemological positions, aesthetic strategies, and institutional politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367161798
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/19/2020
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	5.81(w) x 9.12(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rosalind C. Morris is a doctoral candidate in anthropology at The University of Chicago. She conducted research on ritual theater and cultural politics in Northern Thailand and is currently writing her dissertation. A graduate of the New York Film Academy, she lives in New York.

Table of Contents

1. Preview: "Persistence of Vision" 2. Through a Glass Darkly: Terms and Problems for Analysis 3. Celluloid Savages: Salvage Ethnography and the Narration of Disappearance 4. Totems and the Potlatch People: Absence, Presence, and the Denial of History 5. Remembering: The Narratives of Renewal 6. Wider Angles: Toward a Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Based on detailed readings and viewing, explores the differences between written and filmed ethnographic studies of native peoples in the Pacific Northwest. Delves into why each work went the direction it did, and the distinct representational strategies employed to construct the non-western other. Finds the differences not only in the nature of the two media, but the place of each in society and institutional politics. Not illustrated. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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