In Between Fact and Fiction. Queering the Borders of Documentary and Fiction

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  • Philipp Blum University of Zurich

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26881/pan.2023.29.02

Słowa kluczowe:

Documentary and Fiction, Identity of Film, Genre and Genre Concepts, Self-Reflexivity and Performativity of Film

Abstrakt

The essay focuses on films between documentary and fiction, and their categorization by both film theory and audiences, particularly in the case of so-called mockumentaries. Using a semiotic and pragmatic perspective, I examine these films as practices of negotiating audiovisual identity in terms of genre. Drawing on Judith Butler’s concept of “queer”, I aim to describe the blurring of boundaries and the binary representation of fact and fiction in audiovisual media.

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Opublikowane

2023-06-30

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Blum, P. (2023). In Between Fact and Fiction. Queering the Borders of Documentary and Fiction. Panoptikum, (29), 39–51. https://doi.org/10.26881/pan.2023.29.02