{"product_id":"female-agency-and-documentary-strategies-boel-ulfsdotter-9781474431743","title":"Female Agency and Documentary Strategies: Subjectivities, Identity and Activism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book, like its twin volume \u003cem\u003eFemale Authorship and the Documentary Image\u003c\/em\u003e, centres on pressing issues in relation to female authorship in contemporary documentary practices. Addressing the politics of representation and authorship both behind and in front of the camera, a range of international scholars now expand the theoretical and practical framework informing the current scholarship on documentary cinema, which has so far neglected questions of gender. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFemale Agency and Documentary Strategies\u003c\/em\u003e centres on how self-portraiture and contemporary documentary manifestations such as blogging and the prevalent usage of social media shape and inform female subjectivities and claims to truth. The book examines the scope of authorship and agency open to women using these technologies as a form of activism, centring on notions of relationality, selfhood and subjectivity, and includes interviews with Hong Kong based activist filmmaker and scholar Vivian Wenli Lin and Spanish documentarist Mercedes Alvarez.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Boel Ulfsdotter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1474431747\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781474431743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/07\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Boel Ulfsdotter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44065831682303,"sku":"9781474431743","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_599f1a5e-a4d3-49f5-99dc-fb050f0d52b4.jpg?v=1685403759","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/female-agency-and-documentary-strategies-boel-ulfsdotter-9781474431743","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}