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Aparna Sharma - Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work - 9781137395436 - V9781137395436
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Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work

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Description for Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work Hardcover. This book introduces the diverse practices of three non-canonical practitioners: David MacDougall, Desire Machine Collective and Kumar Shahani. It offers analysis of their documentary methods and aesthetics, exploring how their oeuvres constitute a critical and self-reflexive approach to documentary-making in India. Num Pages: 289 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APFR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
This book introduces the diverse practices of three non-canonical practitioners: David MacDougall, Desire Machine Collective and Kumar Shahani. It offers analysis of their documentary methods and aesthetics, exploring how their oeuvres constitute a critical and self-reflexive approach to documentary-making in India.

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137395436
SKU
V9781137395436
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About Aparna Sharma
Aparna Sharma is a documentary practitioner and scholar. Her documentaries take up cultural narratives of Indian communities combining techniques of ethnographic and montage film. She is also interested in collaborating with dance and performance artists to create performance and documentary dialogues. As a scholar she is committed to writing about cinema practices that fall outside mainstream cinema. She teaches video ... Read more

Reviews for Documentary Films in India: Critical Aesthetics at Work
'This book makes for a unique contribution on documentary practices in India Brilliant descriptions of well-selected scenes from films that question normative documentary practice are integrated with a fine analysis. The section on Northeast Indian film is particularly welcome for receiving scant attention in the scholarly literature, and the chapters that foreground light and then sound are especially evocative.' - ... Read more

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