Collecting Visible Evidence

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Collecting Visible Evidence is written by Jane Gaines and published by U of Minnesota Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0816631352 (ISBN 10) and 9780816631353 (ISBN 13).

In documentary studies, the old distinctions between fiction and nonfiction no longer apply, as contemporary film and video artists produce works that defy classification. Coming together to make sense of these developments, the contributors to this book effectively redefine documentary studies. They trace the documentary impulse in the early detective camera, in the reenactment of battle scenes from World War I, and in the telecast of the Nevada A-Bomb test in 1949. Other topics include experiments in virtual reality; the crisis of representation in anthropology; and video art and documentary work that challenges the asymmetry of the postcolonial Us/Them divide.