Original scientific paper
REALITIES OF THE CARNIVAL EXPRESSED BY ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM
Sanja Puljar D´Alessio
; Intitute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The starting point of this paper is the idea that the ethnographic
film, perceived as a visual expression, shows a certain standpoint
about the phenomenon it presents, and enables distinguishing of the
layers of meaning that the author, subjects and the viewers attribute
to it. By analyzing three films about the Lastovo carnival, the
author distinguishes meanings expressed in them, and names them
the realities of the carnival: custom-performing reality,
ethnologist's reality, television reality and audience reality.
By distinguishing the realities from custom-related and film
appearance of the Lastovo carnival, the author describes several
components of a process: annual custom performances of the
Lastovo carnival, films made during those performances, and the
impact and interpretation of the audience and performances and films
on new custom performances.
This rounds up an inseparable entity of carnival events on
Lastovo, whose basic characteristic is receiving and transmitting
messages in the communication chain that extends through time and
media.
Keywords
ethnographic film; realities; carnival
Hrčak ID:
33373
URI
Publication date:
4.6.2001.
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