J Scott Oberacker
Biographic Data
| ID | 3043053 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J Scott Oberacker |
| GIVEN NAMES | J Scott |
| FAMILY NAME | Oberacker |
| SIGNATURE | OBERACKER J S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4856-4983 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Commitment Issues: Michael Moore, political documentary and contemporary film criticism
The reel deal: Michael Moore, political documentary and the discourse of celebrity
While Michael Moore has been credited with transforming the look and feel of the contemporary documentary film, perhaps his most indelible effect has been upon the popular image of the contemporary documentarian. From his debut as a jovial, anti-corporate rabble-rouser in 1989, to his infamous Oscar speech in 2003, to his public attempt to sway the 2004 presidential election, Moore has transformed the role of documentarian from ‘fly-on-the-wall’ …
Affecting the Embargo: Displacing Politics in the Buena Vista Social Club
In an increasingly globalized world, the idea that open markets cultivate cross-cultural dialogue and exchange is a persistent one. More often than not, the genre of world music is claimed to be at the forefront of such progressive goals. This essay takes Ry Cooder's award winning album the Buena Vista Social Club and Wim Wenders' documentary of the same name as a case study to examine the possibilities for popular music to play such a role. Util…
Sex Assignment Surgery and the Discourse of Public Television: The Case of Nova's Sex: Unknown
In 2001 and 2002, the award-winning PBS series NOVA broadcast a film on intersexuality and the ethics of sex-assignment surgery titled Sex: Unknown. This article examines the way in which the discursive nature of PBS undermined the program's attempt to represent a critique of this controversial procedure. Framing the controversy as a scientific argument about gender determination rather than as an issue of medical ethics, NOVA transformed a polit…
Affecting the Embargo: Displacing Politics in the Buena Vista Social Club
In an increasingly globalized world, the idea that open markets cultivate cross-cultural dialogue and exchange is a persistent one. More often than not, the genre of world music is claimed to be at the forefront of such progressive goals. This essay takes Ry Cooder's award winning album the Buena Vista Social Club and Wim Wenders' documentary of the same name as a case study to examine the possibilities for popular music to play such a role. Util…
Sex Assignment Surgery and the Discourse of Public Television: The Case of Nova's Sex: Unknown
In 2001 and 2002, the award-winning PBS series NOVA broadcast a film on intersexuality and the ethics of sex-assignment surgery titled Sex: Unknown. This article examines the way in which the discursive nature of PBS undermined the program's attempt to represent a critique of this controversial procedure. Framing the controversy as a scientific argument about gender determination rather than as an issue of medical ethics, NOVA transformed a polit…
Affecting the Embargo: Displacing Politics in the Buena Vista Social Club
In an increasingly globalized world, the idea that open markets cultivate cross-cultural dialogue and exchange is a persistent one. More often than not, the genre of world music is claimed to be at the forefront of such progressive goals. This essay takes Ry Cooder's award winning album the Buena Vista Social Club and Wim Wenders' documentary of the same name as a case study to examine the possibilities for popular music to play such a role. Util…
The reel deal: Michael Moore, political documentary and the discourse of celebrity
While Michael Moore has been credited with transforming the look and feel of the contemporary documentary film, perhaps his most indelible effect has been upon the popular image of the contemporary documentarian. From his debut as a jovial, anti-corporate rabble-rouser in 1989, to his infamous Oscar speech in 2003, to his public attempt to sway the 2004 presidential election, Moore has transformed the role of documentarian from ‘fly-on-the-wall’ …
Commitment Issues: Michael Moore, political documentary and contemporary film criticism
Art (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Media studies (3 works) · Media Studies and Communication (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · History (2 works)