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The Persistence of History: Cinema, Television, and the Modern Event

by Vivian Sobchack

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The Persistence of History examines how the moving image has completely altered traditional modes of historical thought and representation. Exploring a range of film and video texts, from The Ten Commandments to the Rodney King video, from the projected work of documentarian Errol Morris to Oliver Stone's JFK and Spielberg's Schindler's List, the volume questions the appropriate forms of media for making the incoherence and fragmentation of contemporary history intelligible.

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Canonical title: The Persistence of History: Cinema, Television, and the Modern Event

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 302.23 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Mass Communication & Media Communication Media (Means of communication)
LCC: PN1995.2 .P47 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
BISAC: SOC SOCIAL SCIENCE Media Studies

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Languages: English
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Published: 1995
Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 302.23
LCC: PN1995.2 .P47

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