by Robert Lemelson, Annie Tucker,
ISBNs: 3030798828, 9783030798826,978-3030798826
English | 2021 | PDF | 8 MB | 459 Pages
This book uses visual psychological
anthropology to explore trauma, gendered violence, and stigma through a
discussion of three ethnographic films set in Indonesia: 40 Years of
Silence (Lemelson 2009), Bitter Honey (Lemelson 2015), and Standing on
the Edge of a Thorn (Lemelson 2012). This exploration “widens the frame”
in two senses. First, it offers an integrative analysis that connects
the discrete topics and theoretical concerns of each film to
crosscutting themes in Indonesian history, society, and culture.
Additionally, it sheds light on all that falls outside the literal frame
of the screen, including the films’ origins; psychocultural and
interpersonal dynamics and constraints of deep, ongoing collaborations
in the field; narrative and emotional orientations toward editing;
participants’ relationship to their screened image; the life of the
films after release; and the ethics of each stage of filmmaking. In
doing so, the authors widen the frame for psychological anthropology as
well, advocating for film as a crucial point of engagement for academic
audiences and for translational purposes. Rich with critical insights
and reflections on ethnographic filmmaking, this book will appeal to
both scholars and students of visual anthropology, psychological
anthropology, and ethnographic methods. It also serves as an engrossing
companion to three contemporary ethnographic films.
