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[Commlist] New book: Documentary and Stereotypes - Reducing Stigma through Factual Media

Mon Apr 15 22:14:31 GMT 2024



Brylla Catalin is pleased to announce the latest book "Documentary and Stereotypes: Reducing Stigma through Factual Media" and its accompanying website:

https://documentary-stereotypes.com/ <https://documentary-stereotypes.com/>

Whilst the book targets film scholars, the website provides a range of toolkits for film makers, tutors and students, who aim to reduce stigma and prejudice through film representations. The case studies include the intersectional representation and reception of disability, gender, age, race, religion, class and many other identities.

_*Reviews:*_

How factual media shapes relationships between viewers and ‘Others’ is a matter of urgent concern for documentary scholars and makers. This original volume explores stereotypes in factual media, from journalism and digital media to documentary film and television, showing how they appeal to, and potentially amplify, deeply held implicit attitudes. The book is richly interdisciplinary, drawing on scholarship from fields as diverse as psychology, ethics, and media/documentary studies. It is jam packed with case studies and draws on the author’s own experience of documentary production. In Documentary and Stereotypes Brylla makes a compelling argument for the value of cognitive approaches to the study of factual media and provides a clear and practical method for documentarians committed to challenging stigmatising stereotypes in their practice. *Kate Nash, Professor of Media and Communication, University of Leeds; Co-Editor Studies in Documentary Film*

Brylla’s book combines an original inquiry into the processes of contemporary stereotyping with a sharp analysis of how documentaries work to promote or question them. It breaks important new ground in the closeness of its attention to the variety of routes by which misunderstandings and prejudices become established. This knowledge is then used to recommend ways for media production to work as a positive, corrective force in the circulation of ideas about social identity. *John Corner, Professor in Documentary Studies, University of Leeds*

Written with clarity and passion, this book is packed with illustrations and case studies that offer innovative ways of critiquing representational issues with regards to stigmatised groups in non-fiction screen media. Given its focus on the intersection of marginalised identities, it is an impressive contribution to a variety of disciplines, such as post-colonial and gender studies. Strongly recommended for scholars, students and filmmakers whose work align with principles of equity and social justice. *Florence Ayisi, Professor of International Documentary Film, University of South Wales*

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