Rites of realism : essays on corporeal cinema /

Rites of realism : essays on corporeal cinema / edited by Ivone Margulies. - Durham, N.C. ; London : Duke University Press, 2003. - 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Rites of Realism' rethinks cinematic realism, shifting discussion away from the usual focus on the faithfulness of record or the illusory effects of verisimilitude towards a notion of 'performative realism', a realism that does not simply represent a given reality but enacts actual social tensions.

Specialized.

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Realism in motion pictures.
Body, Human, in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Semiotics.

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