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.