Synopses & Reviews
Not all media representations of violence appear in fiction-based entertainment, however. The news media long have represented issues of gendered violence, but they do so in ways that perpetuate some stereotypes surrounding it. Unlike entertainment-based and possibly even contemporary news media, documentary carries a cultural weight, which documentary theorist Bill Nichols (1991) calls a "discourse of sobriety". This "weight" gives documentary a social importance not attributed to other media forms. This volume examines documentaries centered on gendered violence, exploring the many ways in which this genre has created new directions for thematic representation of this difficult area of human experience.
Including an all female authorship, Documenting Gendered Violence explores the intersections of documentary and gendered violence. They investigate representations through grounded textual analyses of key films and videos, including Sex Crimes Unit (2011) - a real life version of the fictional Law and Order: SVU (1999 - ). The contributors also investigate these issues through production contexts and reception. Other chapters use analysis, surveys, and interviews to explore how these documentaries become part of collaborations and awareness movements, thus bringing readers behind the scenes of their productions and the challenges faced in creating them.
Synopsis
Examines documentaries centered on gendered violence, exploring ways in which this genre has followed the lead of more mainstream media.
Synopsis
Documenting Gendered Violence explores the intersections of documentary and gendered violence. Several contributors investigate representations through grounded textual analyses of key films and videos, including Sex Crimes Unit (2011) and The Invisible War (2012),and other documentary texts including Youtube, photographs, and theater. Other chapters use analysis and interviews to explore how gender violence issues impact production and how these documentaries become part of collaborations and awareness movements.
About the Author
Lisa M. Cuklanz is Chair of the Department of Communication at Boston College, US, and is the co-editor of Violence, Global Media: Feminist Analyses of Gendered Representations (2009) with Sujata Moorti, author of Rape on Prime Time: Television, Masculinity, and Sexual Violence ( 2000), and Rape on Trial: How the Mass Media Construct Legal Reform and Social Change (1996).
Heather McIntosh is a visiting assistant professor in mass communication in the Communication Department at Boston College, US, where she teaches courses such as Survey of Mass Communication, Gender and Media, Communication Research Methods, and Mass Communication Theory. She started a www.documentarysite.com 12 years ago to bring to light issues relating to documentary - she currently has 10k twitter followers.
Table of Contents
Introduction: “The Intersections of Gender Violence and Documentary,” Heather McIntosh
Chapter 2: “Creating a Sense of Reality in
Sex Crimes Unit,” Lisa M. Cuklanz
Chapter 3: “Representing Survivors of Military Rape in
The Invisible War,” Laura Vazquez
Chapter 4: “Voices and Witness in Ken and Sarah Burns
Central Park Five”, Lisa M. Cuklanz
Chapter 5: “Gender Violence and Identity in the Documentaries of Lourdes Portillo”, Heather McIntosh
Chapter 6: “The Visual Economies of Sex Trafficking: Meaning-Making and the Limits of 'the Grassroots,'” Julietta Hua
Chapter 7: Reprint Excerpt from “Global Sex Work, Victim Identities, and Cybersexualities,” Wendy Hesford
Chapter 8: Reprint of “Talking Back to Postfeminism? Rape Prevention and Education Films,” Sarah Projansky
Chapter 9: “Staging Gender Violence in the Congo: Reading Lynn Nottages
Ruined as a Documentary Theater,” Phyllisa DeRoze
Chapter 10: “Filipino Womens Solidarity in Australia: The Writing and the Erasure of the ‘Mail Order Bride,” Shirlita Espinosa
Chapter 11, Reprint Excerpt from “Queer Teens Responses to Gender Violence in Documentary,” Mary L. Gray
Chapter 12: “Womens Advocacy Documentaries and Contemporary Distribution: A Look at
Sin by Silence,” Heather McIntosh
Chapter 13: “Behind the Camera: Documentary Makers and Documenting Gendered Violence,” Ruth Goldberg
Chapter 14: “YouTube and Gender Violence in the LGBT Community”, Heather McIntosh
Filmography / Projects
Bibliography
Index