ABSTRACT

A key collection of essays that looks at the specific issues related to the documentary form. Questions addressed include `What is documentary?' and `How fictional is nonfiction?'

chapter 1|11 pages

Introduction

The Truth About Non-Fiction

chapter 4|32 pages

Document and Documentary

On the Persistence of Historical Concepts

chapter 7|16 pages

Constantly Performing the Documentary

The Seductive Promise of Lightning Over Water

chapter 8|13 pages

(Not) Looking for Origins

Postmodernism, Documentary, and America

chapter 9|10 pages

Notes on AIDS and its Combatants

An Appreciation

chapter 10|18 pages

“Getting to Know You…”

Knowledge, Power, and the Body