{"product_id":"the-essay-film-after-fact-nora-m-alter-9780231178204","title":"The Essay Film After Fact and Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003eNora M. Alter reveals the essay film to be a hybrid genre that fuses the categories of feature, art, and documentary film. Like its literary predecessor, the essay film draws on a variety of forms and approaches; in the process, it fundamentally alters the shape of cinema. \u003cem\u003eThe Essay Film After Fact and Fiction \u003c\/em\u003elocates the genre's origins in early silent cinema and follows its transformation with the advent of sound, its legitimation in the postwar period, and its multifaceted development at the turn of the millennium. In addition to exploring the broader history of the essay film, Alter\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eaddresses the innovative ways contemporary artists such as Martha Rosler, Isaac Julien, Harun Farocki, John Akomfrah, and Hito Steyerl have taken up the essay film in their work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nora M. Alter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231178204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231178204\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 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018","brand":"Nora M. Alter","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056691998975,"sku":"9780231178204","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_91fb1c02-af81-42b9-8587-2122643c333f.jpg?v=1685042728","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essay-film-after-fact-nora-m-alter-9780231178204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}