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Law in Film: RESONANCE AND REPRESENTATION
David A. Black
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Description for Law in Film: RESONANCE AND REPRESENTATION
Paperback. The courtroom, like the movie theater, is an arena for the telling and interpreting of stories. Drawing on both film studies and legal scholarship, this title explores the implications of representing court procedure, as well as other phases of legal process, in film. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: APF; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
The courtroom, like the movie theater, is an arena for the telling and interpreting of stories. Investigators piece them together, witnesses tell them, advocates retell them, and judges and juries assess their plausibility. These narratives reconstitute absent events through words, and their filming constitutes a double narrative: one important cultural practice rendered in the terms of another.
Drawing on both film studies and legal scholarship, David A. Black explores the implications of representing court procedure, as well as other phases of legal process, in film. His study ranges from an inquiry into the common metaphorical ground between ... Read more
The courtroom, like the movie theater, is an arena for the telling and interpreting of stories. Investigators piece them together, witnesses tell them, advocates retell them, and judges and juries assess their plausibility. These narratives reconstitute absent events through words, and their filming constitutes a double narrative: one important cultural practice rendered in the terms of another.
Drawing on both film studies and legal scholarship, David A. Black explores the implications of representing court procedure, as well as other phases of legal process, in film. His study ranges from an inquiry into the common metaphorical ground between ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
320g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252067655
SKU
V9780252067655
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Reviews for Law in Film: RESONANCE AND REPRESENTATION
"Cogent, clear, and compelling, Law in Film will certainly bring a new perspective to film studies."-David Desser, editor, Cinema Journal "Black's engaging treatments of the link between law and film are apt in an age that seems to be wrestling with the power of film documentation and camera as witness."-John Brigham, author of The Cult of the Court