The ethnographic cinema of Jean Rouch

Jean Rouch developed in his film-ethnographic work a new way of making cinema and anthropology, providing possibilities for both fields. This article aims, through a study in visual anthropology, to present the ways in which the documentary films by Robert Flaherty and Dziga Vertov influenced the wo...

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Autor: Miotti, Maurício
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" (UNESP)
Repositorio:Revista Sem Aspas (Online)
Idioma:portugués
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OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/14544
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/semaspas/article/view/14544
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Visual anthropology
Ethnographic cinema
Jean Rouch
Antropologia visual
Cine etnográfico
Cinema etnográfico
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Sumario:Jean Rouch developed in his film-ethnographic work a new way of making cinema and anthropology, providing possibilities for both fields. This article aims, through a study in visual anthropology, to present the ways in which the documentary films by Robert Flaherty and Dziga Vertov influenced the work of Jean Rouch, in addition to demonstrating the main characteristics and films of Jean Rouch, and the concepts developed in his works. Therefore, this work is intended to be an introduction to Rouchian ethnographic cinema, to provide a first contact with the work this anthropologist-filmmaker.