Beschreibung:
This book introduces the diverse practices of three non-canonical practitioners: David MacDougall, Desire Machine Collective and Kumar Shahani. It offers analysis of their documentary methods and aesthetics, exploring how their oeuvres constitute a critical and self-reflexive approach to documentary-making in India.
List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Introduction PART I 1. Constructing the Self, Constructing Others 2. New Boys at the Doon School 3. Gandhi's Children PART II 4. An Arrested Eye: Trauma and Becoming in Desire Machine Collective's Documentary Installations 5. Passage 6. Residue PART III 7. A Turn Towards the Classical: The Documentaries of Kumar Shahani 8. The Bamboo Flute Epilogue Bibliography Index