The battle of truth and fiction
Documentary storytelling and Middle Eastern refugee discourse
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2179244 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Valerie Anishchenkova |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 809-820 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Postcolonial Writing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1744-9855 • E-ISSN: 1744-9863 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17449855.2018.1555204 |
| OpenAlex | W2937490726 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 9 |
This article problematizes cinematic representations of refugees in documentary film, with a particular focus on documentary depictions of Middle Eastern refugees and the ethical aspects of such representations. It argues that documentary production about Middle Eastern refugees faces two challenges simultaneously: the representational challenges of refugee documentary as a genre, with its potential for exploitation, sensationalism and emotional manipulation; and the orientalist tradition that continues to influence much of the discourse about the Middle East. Two documentary films are discussed as case studies: James Longley's Iraq in Fragments, which illustrates a number of typical, recurring aspects of orientalist representational discourse in Middle East-focused western documentary film-making; and Matthew Firpo's Refuge: Human Studies from the Refugee Crisis, which highlights the problematic phenomenon of the singular "Syrian Refugee" image, a persistent media construction since the beginning of the European refugee crisis
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Battle · Documentary film · Literature · Media studies · Middle East · Narrative · Orientalism · Refugee · Sensationalism · Sociology · Storytelling · Cinema and Media Studies · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Gender Studies · History
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |