List of abbreviations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. List of illustrations ix
5. List of abbreviations xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Novelties, Spectacles and the Documentary Impulse 17
8. 2 Virtual Travels and the Tourist Gaze 40
9. 3 Serious Play: Documentary and the Avant-Garde 65
10. 4 Activism and Advocacy: The Depression Era 86
11. 5 Idea-Weapons: Documentary Propaganda 121
12. 6 ‘Uncontrolled’ Situations: Direct Cinema 154
13. 7 Relative Truths: Documentary and Postmodernity 186
14. 8 Media Wars: Documentary Dispersion 217
15. Bibliography 242
16. Index 263