[csaa-forum] Book Launch - THE DOCUMENTARY: POLITICS, EMOTION, CULTURE by Belinda Smaill (Monash University)

[Therese Davis]

Monash University's Research Unit in Film Culture and Theory warmly 
invites you to the launch of a new book:
THE DOCUMENTARY: POLITICS, EMOTION, CULTURE by Belinda Smaill (Film and 
TV Studies, Monash University) published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Thursday 29th April, 5:30pm
Mamaduke café, Monash University
Caulfield Campus
(basement of Building H): 
http://caulfield.mamaduke.com.au/default/location.html

To be launched by:
Professor Nikos Papastergiadis
School of Culture and Communication
The University of Melbourne

To assist with catering, please RSVP to Belinda.Smaill at arts.monash.edu.au

Outline
The Documentary: Politics, Emotion, Culture proposes that emotions such
as pleasure, hope, pain, empathy or nostalgia play a powerful role in
the circulation and reception of documentaries. Emotion shapes how
political issues and individuals are represented and perceived in
documentary and it is crucial to how we engage with the vicissitudes of
the public sphere. In the past documentary has been popularly perceived
in ways that align it with education, science, history and the rational
realm. This frame has never been adequate for understanding the broad
array of styles and themes that can be seen in the documentary genre.
Focusing on the question of subjectivity, Smaill analyses different
kinds of individuals that can be found in documentaries, such as the
female porn star, the politically disenfranchised, children, or the
documentary auteur. She envisages an interdisciplinary approach to
documentary drawing on scholarship from not only film studies, but also
gender studies, queer theory, cultural theories of affect, critical race
studies, political theory and psychoanalysis.

Apologies for cross-postings.
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