Faking It: Mock-Documentary and the Subversion of Factuality

Hight, Craig, Roscoe, Jane

ISBN 10: 0719056403 / ISBN 13: 9780719056406

Published by Manchester University Press, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Faking It: Mock-Documentary and the Subversion of Factuality
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719056403
• ISBN 13: 9780719056406
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

This exceptional book offers the first major study of mock-documentary. The authors examine the relatively new media form along with the association between factual codes and conventions, and the discourses which underpin the genre. The analysis includes detailed explorations of Woody Allen's Zelig, Peter Greenaway's The Falls, the Beatles' spoof The Rutles as well as Bob Roberts, This is Spinal Tap, and Man Bites Dog.

About the Author

Craig Hight is Lecturer in the department of Screen and Media Studies, Waikato University, New Zealand.

Jane Roscoe teaches in the School of Film, Media, and Cultural Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.