{"product_id":"nomadic-cinema-alison-griffiths-9780231192583","title":"Nomadic Cinema: A Cultural Geography of the Expedition Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom\u003ci\u003e In Borneo, the Land of the Head-Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Epic of Everest\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCamping Among the Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, the early twentieth century was the heyday of expedition filmmaking. As new technologies transformed global transportation and opened new avenues for documentation, and as imperialism and capitalism expanded their reach, Western filmmakers embarked on journeys to places they saw as exotic, seeking to capture both the monumental and the mundane. Their films portrayed far-flung locales, the hardships of travel, and the day-to-day lives of Indigenous people through a deeply colonial lens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNomadic Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking history of these films, analyzing them as visual records of colonialism that also offer new possibilities for recognizing Indigenous histories. Alison Griffiths examines expedition films made in Borneo, Central Asia, Tibet, Polynesia, and the American Southwest, reinterpreting them from decolonial perspectives to provide alternative accounts of exploration. She considers the individuals and institutions--including the American Museum of Natural History--responsible for creating the films, the spectators who sought them out, and the Indigenous intermediaries whose roles white explorers minimized. Ambitious and interdisciplinary, \u003ci\u003eNomadic Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e ranges widely, from the roots of expedition films in medieval cartography and travel writing to still-emerging technologies of virtual and augmented reality. Highlighting the material conditions of filmmaking and the environmental footprint left by exploration, this book recovers Indigenous memory and sovereignty from within long-buried sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alison Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231192584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231192583\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Alison Griffiths","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46465708851455,"sku":"9780231192583","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34055692-ccba-4623-b96f-869e8f53a37e.jpg?v=1736347048","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/nomadic-cinema-alison-griffiths-9780231192583","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}