Nanook and the Kirwinians: Deception, Authenticity, and the Birth of Modern Ethnographic Representation
| Autor: | John W. Burton, Caitlin W. Thompson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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| Zdroj: | Film History: An International Journal. 14:74-86 |
| ISSN: | 1553-3905 0892-2160 |
| DOI: | 10.2979/fil.2002.14.1.74 |
| Popis: | In a review of the history of anthropology it has long been common practice to point to the publication of Bronislaw Malinowski's 1922 monograph Argonauts of the Western Pacific as a turning point, or more boldly, as a revolution in anthropological theory, methodology, and ethnographic representation. Less commonly, indeed, rarely, is it also remembered that a parallel 'revolution' in ethnographic representation occurred in 1922, with the release of Robert Flaherty's film Nanook of the North.1 In light of some of the recent debate within the discipline of anthropology regarding 'experimentation' in modes of ethnographic representation and ethnographic fieldwork, we hope it may be of value to re-visit each of these classics with related questions in mind. Here we do not pretend to pursue a detailed, systematic comparison between Flaherty and Malinowski in terms of personality, biography, professional training (or lack thereof) nor motivations for their undertakings. A considerable and growing literature has addressed some of these various and related matters.2 Rather, we are here concerned with examining what appear to be some stunning similarities between each of their innovative efforts at authentic |
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