{"product_id":"the-oxford-handbook-of-american-documentary-9780197554647","title":"The Oxford Handbook of American Documentary","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joshua Glick | Patricia Aufderheide\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - Reference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eOxford Handbook of American Documentary\u003c\/em\u003e offers new approaches to the study of documentary produced within, or connected to, the United States. Leading scholars of nonfiction and emerging voices in the field examine documentary as a dynamic cultural form that draws on wide-ranging technologies, coheres around different representational modes, and is used for a variety of artistic, political, and entertainment purposes. A pressing concern of many of this volume's authors - like many of the filmmakers they write about - is documentary's ability to not just reach viewers, but to actively engage them in building a more equitable and just world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume's twenty-six essays place the act of documentary making within a broader historical context, including macro-level analysis of how policy initiatives or economic shifts impact filmmakers as well as granular attention to how participants of a social movement use film to galvanize support for a cause. Additionally, \u003cem\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of American Documentary\u003c\/em\u003e addresses the ways in which the stylistic tropes and rhetorical conventions of documentary are used to manipulate for political power or profit.","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46415913484439,"sku":"9780197554647","price":21336.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780197554647.webp?v=1769061350","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-handbook-of-american-documentary-9780197554647","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}