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Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary.

By: Borda, Jennifer LContributor(s): Harold, Christine | Ott, Brian L | Sci, Susan A | Rosteck, Thomas | Frentz, Thomas S | Schiappa, Edward | Horvath, Daniel Ladislau | Benson, Thomas W | Snee, Brian JMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (421 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780809334087Subject(s): Documentary films -- Political aspects -- History and criticism | Moore, Michael, 1954 April 23 --- Criticism and interpretation | Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print version:: Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of DocumentaryDDC classification: 791.4302/33092 LOC classification: PN1998Online access: Click to View (325 credits)
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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents 1. Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary: Art, Argument, Affect 2. Laughing through Our Tears: Rhetorical Tensions in Roger and Me 3. The Big One That Got Away 4. The Many Moods of Michael Moore: Aesthetics and Affect in Bowling for Columbine 5. The Conversion of Lila Lipscomb in Fahrenheit 9/11 6. The Phenomenal Text of Michael Moore's Sicko 7. The Ghosts of Michael Moore's Future Past or, The Many Failures of Slacker Uprising 8. "I'm Sorry to See It Go": Nostalgic Rhetoric in Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story Bibliography Contributors Index.
Summary: Not afraid to tackle provocative topics in American culture, from gun violence and labor policies to terrorism and health care, Michael Moore has earned both applause and invective in his career as a documentarian. In such polarizing films as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko, Moore has established a unique voice of radical nostalgia for progressivism, and in doing so has become one of the most recognized documentary filmmakers of all time. In the first in-depth study of Moore's feature-length documentary films, editors Thomas W. Benson and Brian J. Snee have gathered leading rhetoric scholars to examine the production, rhetorical appeals, and audience reception of these films. Contributors critique the films primarily as modes of public argument and political art. Each essay is devoted to one of Moore's films and traces in detail how each film invites specific audience responses. Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary reveals not only the art, the argument, and the emotional appeals of Moore's documentaries but also how these films have revolutionized the genre of documentary filmmaking.
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Cover Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents 1. Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary: Art, Argument, Affect 2. Laughing through Our Tears: Rhetorical Tensions in Roger and Me 3. The Big One That Got Away 4. The Many Moods of Michael Moore: Aesthetics and Affect in Bowling for Columbine 5. The Conversion of Lila Lipscomb in Fahrenheit 9/11 6. The Phenomenal Text of Michael Moore's Sicko 7. The Ghosts of Michael Moore's Future Past or, The Many Failures of Slacker Uprising 8. "I'm Sorry to See It Go": Nostalgic Rhetoric in Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story Bibliography Contributors Index.

Not afraid to tackle provocative topics in American culture, from gun violence and labor policies to terrorism and health care, Michael Moore has earned both applause and invective in his career as a documentarian. In such polarizing films as Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko, Moore has established a unique voice of radical nostalgia for progressivism, and in doing so has become one of the most recognized documentary filmmakers of all time. In the first in-depth study of Moore's feature-length documentary films, editors Thomas W. Benson and Brian J. Snee have gathered leading rhetoric scholars to examine the production, rhetorical appeals, and audience reception of these films. Contributors critique the films primarily as modes of public argument and political art. Each essay is devoted to one of Moore's films and traces in detail how each film invites specific audience responses. Michael Moore and the Rhetoric of Documentary reveals not only the art, the argument, and the emotional appeals of Moore's documentaries but also how these films have revolutionized the genre of documentary filmmaking.

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