Acknowledgements | p. vii |
List of illustrations | p. ix |
List of abbreviations | p. xi |
Introduction | p. 1 |
Novelties, Spectacles and the Documentary Impulse | p. 17 |
Case studies: Blacksmith Scene (1893), Buffalo Dance (1894), Mess Call (1896) | |
Virtual Travels and the Tourist Gaze | p. 40 |
Case study: Nanook of the North (1922) | |
Serious Play: Documentary and the Avant-Garde | p. 65 |
Case study: Manhatta (1921) | |
Activism and Advocacy: The Depression Era | p. 86 |
Case study: The Plow that Broke the Plains (1936) | |
Idea-Weapons: Documentary Propaganda | p. 121 |
Case study: The Memphis Belle (1944) | |
'Uncontrolled'Situations: Direct Cinema | p. 154 |
Case study: Grey Gardens (1975) | |
Relative Truths: Documentary and Postmodernity | p. 186 |
Case study: Tongues Untied (1989) | |
Media Wars: Documentary Dispersion | p. 217 |
Case study: Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) | |
Bibliography | p. 242 |
Index | p. 263 |
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