{"product_id":"nomadic-cinema-a-cultural-geography-of-the-expedition-film-paperback","title":"Nomadic Cinema: A Cultural Geography of the Expedition Film - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlison Griffiths\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom\u003ci\u003e In Borneo, the Land of the Head-Hunters\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Epic of Everest\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eCamping Among the Indians\u003c\/i\u003e, the early twentieth century was the heyday of expedition filmmaking. As new technologies transformed global transportation and opened new avenues for documentation, and as imperialism and capitalism expanded their reach, Western filmmakers embarked on journeys to places they saw as exotic, seeking to capture both the monumental and the mundane. Their films portrayed far-flung locales, the hardships of travel, and the day-to-day lives of Indigenous people through a deeply colonial lens. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNomadic Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking history of these films, analyzing them as visual records of colonialism that also offer new possibilities for recognizing Indigenous histories. Alison Griffiths examines expedition films made in Borneo, Central Asia, Tibet, Polynesia, and the American Southwest, reinterpreting them from decolonial perspectives to provide alternative accounts of exploration. She considers the individuals and institutions--including the American Museum of Natural History--responsible for creating the films, the spectators who sought them out, and the Indigenous intermediaries whose roles white explorers minimized. Ambitious and interdisciplinary, \u003ci\u003eNomadic Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e ranges widely, from the roots of expedition films in medieval cartography and travel writing to still-emerging technologies of virtual and augmented reality. Highlighting the material conditions of filmmaking and the environmental footprint left by exploration, this book recovers Indigenous memory and sovereignty from within long-buried sources.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlison Griffiths is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWondrous Difference: Cinema, Anthropology, and Turn-of-the-Century Visual Culture\u003c\/i\u003e (2002), \u003ci\u003eShivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View \u003c\/i\u003e(2008), and \u003ci\u003eCarceral Fantasies: Cinema and Prison in Early Twentieth-Century America\u003c\/i\u003e (2016), all published by Columbia University Press. Griffiths received a Guggenheim Fellowship to conduct research for this book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933106892911,"sku":"9780231192590","price":73.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4966\/4879\/files\/YKdITyvYb-9780231192590.webp?v=1775862430","url":"https:\/\/finderbooks.com\/products\/nomadic-cinema-a-cultural-geography-of-the-expedition-film-paperback","provider":"Finder Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}