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WOMEN IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM
WOMEN IN ANTHROPOLOGICAL FILM

Author(s): Jelena Cvetanovska
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнологија и антропологија, Универзиетет »Св. Кирил и Методиј«
Keywords: visual anthropology; film; women; traditional culture; Macedonia

Summary/Abstract: Visual anthropology has never been fully incorporated into the anthropological mainstream. For a long period, anthropological films have been considered only as an objective recording of reality to be used in further analysis and then stored in film archives – as it is also considered to be an audio-visual aid in the teaching process. My field experience supports the ever-dominant thesis that visual anthropology, the same as written texts, is a narrative means to impart anthropological knowledge. In this case, the focus is on the anthropology of women – a topic, which in social sciences and in films was ”invisible“ until the 1970.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 73-93
  • Page Count: 11
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