Ethnographic Film

Karl G. Heider is Carolina Distinguished Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

• Preface Acknowledgments 1. Introduction Toward a Definition: The Nature of the Category "Ethnographic Film" The Nature of Ethnography The Differing Natures of Ethnography and Film "Truth" in Film and Ethnography 2. A History of Ethnographic Film Background Factors Prehistory: The Explorers GrassScripted Fictional Films Bateson and Mead in Bali and New Guinea Jean Rouch John Marshall Robert Gardner Timothy Asch University of California American Indian Series The Netsilik Eskimo Project Australia The Natives' View Institutionalization of Ethnographic Film 3. The Attributes of Ethnographic Film The Attributes Additional Principles The Attributes as Dimensions 4. Making Ethnographic Film The Ethics of Ethnographic Filmmaking An Ethnographic Film Must Be Based on Ethnographic Understanding An Ethnographic Film Must Exploit the Visual Potential of Film Whole Bodies, Whole Interactions, and Whole People in Whole Acts Division of Labor The Meaning of Real Collaboration An Ethnographic Film Cannot Stand by Itself Ethnographic Films from Research Footage Preservation of the Film Record 5. The Use of Ethnographic Films in Teaching Films and Background Reading Strategies Appendix: A Brief Descriptive Catalog of Films Bibliography Index

From reviews of the first edition: "Ethnographic Film can rightly be considered a film primer for anthropologists." Choice "This is an interesting and useful book about what it means to be ethnographic and how this might affect ethnographic filmmaking for the better. It obviously belongs in all departments of anthropology, and most ethnographic filmmakers will want to read it." Ethnohistory