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Third World Cinema: Some Strategies for Research

Third World Cinema: Some Strategies for Research. Third World Cinema: Some Strategies for Research. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library. Third World Cinema: Some Strategies for Research. Sources for Film Scholarship and Research. Reviews

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Third World Cinema: Some Strategies for Research

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  1. Third World Cinema:Some Strategies for Research

  2. Third World Cinema:Some Strategies for Research Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library

  3. Third World Cinema: Some Strategies for Research Sources for Film Scholarship and Research • Reviews • (journals, newspapers) • Critical/ScholarlyArticles (journals) • Books • Web Sites • Other online databases

  4. Third World Cinema • Books • Scholarly/authoritative works • Pop schlock and fan works • How Do You Tell em’ apart? • Author’s credentials/affiliations • Publisher (e.g. BFI, AFI, University Presses vs pop press) • Scholarly apparatus and sources: notes, bibliographies, other documentation • If they’ve been widely cited by other scholars

  5. Third World Cinema • REVIEWS • Current • Historical Saaraba (Senegal, 1988) • Study/coverage of Western European film increases post-1950’s BUT... • 3rd World Cinema: opportunities for viewing = nearly 0 (Cultural bias / box office bias and other factors) • Prior to the last 10 years: 3rd World cinema • is all but totally ignored by Western press

  6. REVIEWS • Current • Historical Third World Cinema • Found in: • Popular & fan journals and newspapers • Film studies & scholarly journals (e.g. Cineaste; Film Quarterly; Sight & Sound) • Web sites • Fan and enthusiast sites • Commercial sites (e.g., studio sites, video distributors) • Online newspaper/journal articles (e.g. Ebert/Chicago Sun-Times) Clando (Cameroon, 1996)

  7. Third World Cinema Critical/Scholarly Articles • Current • Historical • Found in: • Film studies & scholarly journals • Popular & fan journals and newspapers (but only occasionally) • Web sites (even less occasionally…except for academic and commercial databases)

  8. Third World Cinema Reviews Check Out http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/reviewtable4.html

  9. Third World Cinema Reviews: Current • Use: • Magazine Index (some full-text) • News Index • ProQuest(some full-text) • Lexis/Nexis (some full- text) • Movie Review Query Engine (web: full-text) • Film Review Annual (in MRC) • Film Literature Index (in MRC)

  10. Third World Cinema Reviews: Historical • Use: • Readers Guide • NY Times Index (or NYT Film Reviews 1913-68) (in MRC) • Film Review Index, 1882-1985 (in MRC) • Film Index International(CDROM in Main/Moffitt Only)

  11. Scholarly/Critical Writing • Use: • Magazine Index (1988-present) • Modern Language Assn. Bibliography (1963-present) • Film Index International (CD-ROM) • Film Literature Index (Print Index in Media Center) (1977-present) • Art Abstracts ( & AA Retrospective) (1920s-present) • Periodicals Content Index (PCI)

  12. Third World Cinema Books Use Pathfinder • Search by • Title and/or Subject Keyword • Director Name (as subject) • Movie Title (as Title and/or Subject Keyword

  13. Third World Cinema The First Pass • Search by: • Subject Terms/Keywords • In Pathfinder: • X in Motion Pictures (Women in Motion Pictures) • Motion Pictures X (Motion Pictures Iran) • Kiarostami, Abbas

  14. The next pass.. How to Begin? Before you click: THINK • Formulate your search in terms of: • KEY WORDS andSYNOMYMS: • --Looks for words anywhere in record: title, subject, abstract and full-text (if avail) • PHRASES: • --Looks for words in the exact order entered

  15. How to Begin? Before you click: THINK Formulate your search in terms of keyword and key phrases... and synonyms for these: The representation of gender [sex*] and masculinity[masculin*, male, men] in the films [cinema, movie*] of John Woo. Border crossing[immigat*, emigrat*], and identity[role*, self image], as a theme in recent films by Latino and Chicano filmmakers [directors] **** Truncation varies from db to db: * # ? emigra* = emigrant, emigrants, emigrate, emigration

  16. Once You Find a Citation, How Do You Find the Article? Use Pathfinder! • Or.. • Some indexes provide holdings info • Some indexes link to full-text

  17. Third World Cinema • http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/FilmBibMenu.html • a growing listing of bibliographies on various film topics and individual films compiled by MRC (includes bibs for genres, filmmakers, national cinemas, and individual film).

  18. …being driven totally psycho by your research? Call me: Gary Handman 643-8566 ghandman@library.berkeley.edu

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