Name: Doing Documentary Work By Robert Coles (James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University)
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Doing Documentary Work by Robert Coles (James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University)

The renowned child psychiatrist Robert Coles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Children in Crisis series, offers a penetrating look into the nature of documentary work. Utilizing the documentaries of writers, photographers, and others, Coles shows how their prose and pictures are influenced by the observers frame of reference: their social and educational background, personal morals, and political beliefs. Through revealing discussions with documentarians and insightful analysis of their work, complemented by dramatic black-and-white photographs from Lange and Evans, Doing Documentary Work will provoke the reader into reconsidering how fine the line is between truth and fiction. It is an invaluable resource for students of the documentary and anyone interested in this important genre.

Doing Documentary Work Reviews

The complicated, tightrope dance of the ethical documentarian is the subject of Robert Coles' superb Doing Documentary Work. --The Boston Book Review Coles ensures that one will never look at documentary work--no matter how well done or well meaning--quite the same way again.--Washington Post Book World Journalists, social workers, and therapists, as well as producers of print or film documentaries, will find this ruminative volume of special use, reminding them of the questions they should ask themselves before they invade schools, workplaces, and private lives.--Kirkus Rich with narrative and smart in a warm and accessible way, this is a book for storytellers of every stripe.--Utne Reader Indispensable for students of the documentary.--Booklist ...passionate ideas and cogent analysis fill the book.--Library Journal A challenging exploration of documentary writing and photography, focusing on the ways in which researchers can affect, reshape, or misrepresent what they see...Journalists, social workers, and therapists, as well as producers of print or film documentaries, will find this ruminative volume of special use, reminding them of the questions they should ask themselves before they invade schools, workplaces, and private lives.--Kirkus Reviews The complicated, tightrope dance of the ethical documentarian is the subject of Robert Coles' superb Doing Documentary Work.... What is exciting about this book is that Coles, whose intellectual interest and curiousity are omnivorous, has applied to himself and his own field the scrutiny that intellectuals frequently only apply to some `other,' whether that other be a `field' of scholarship or `natives' nervous about a camera.--David C. Ward, The Boston Book Review Coles ensures that one will never look at documentary work--no matter how well done or well meaning--quite the same way again.--Jeanne Fox-Alston, Washington Post Book World

About Robert Coles (James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University)

Robert Coles is a child psychiatrist, and the James Agee Professor of Social Ethics at Harvard University. An essayist, poet, and noted writer, he is a founding member of the Center of Documentary Studies at Duke University and co-editor of the documentary magazine Double Take.

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CIN0195124952G

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9780195124958

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0195124952

Title

Doing Documentary Work by Robert Coles (James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University)

Author

Robert Coles (James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University)

Series

New York Public Library Lectures in Humanities

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Used - Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

19990204

Number of pages

288

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Doing Documentary Work Robert Coles (James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University)

Doing Documentary Work by Robert Coles (James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University)

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Doing Documentary Work by Robert Coles (James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, James Agee Professor of Social Ethics, Harvard University)

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