Beyond authenticity: The discourse of tourism in ethnographic and experimental film
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Visual Anthropology
- Vol. 5 (2) , 131-141
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08949468.1992.9966582
Abstract
This paper explores the relationship between postmodern ethnographic and experimental filmmaking. Recent shifts in both modes of film praxis away from modernist paradigms of anthropology and aesthetics have disclosed a rich field of nonscientific, non‐visionary common ground. Theoretical issues that help to define this inter‐penetration of film modes include allegory, tourism and intertextuality. Films by Jonas Mekas, Trinh Minh‐ha, David Byrne and Paula Gaitan are discussed with the aim of indicating the scope, the potential and the problems of postmodern ethnography.Keywords
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