Michael M J Fischer

At the Pivot of East and West

Ethnographic, Literary, and Filmic Arts

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Produktbeschreibung

Michael M. J. Fischer examines documentary filmmaking, literature, and innovative dance from Southeast Asia and Singapore for their para-ethnographic insights into politics, culture, and aesthetics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Duke University Press
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2023
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781478017189
• ISBN-10: 147801718X
• Artikelnr.: 66138338

Autorenporträt

Michael M. J. Fischer

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments  ix
Introduction. Reader’s Guide and Manifesto  1
1. Oiled Hinges: Sounds and Silences in Documentary Films of Social Change 
47
2. Filmic Stutter, Taped Counter-Truths, and Musical Sutures: Knots of
Recovery  76
3. White Ink, Family Systems, Forests of Illusion, and Aging: Knots of
Passion  111
4. Miniatures: Small Kindnesses across Poisonous Knowledges  141
5. Blue Widow with Green Stripes: Pivots in Widening Horizons  155
6. Filmic Obsessive Repetitions, Dissociations, and Power Relations  194
7. Meritocracy Blues, Chimeras, and Analytic Monsters  212
Afterword. Portals to the Future: MRT Stations, Universities, and the
Peopling of Technologies  243
Exergue. Bangarra Dance Theatre and the Historical Hinge in Australia  257
Notes  269
References  313
Index  337