Dangerous images: possession and genesis of Jean Rouch’s cinema

Authors

  • Renato Sztutman Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v13i13p115-124

Keywords:

Jean Rouch, ethnographic film, ritual, possession.

Abstract

This article lies on the genesis of Jean
Rouch’s cinema (1917-2004). Its focus is on the film
Les maîtres fous, which first appeared in 1954. With
this film, Rouch abandons ethnographic film in
its “classical” fashion towards a more sophisticated
investigation on language. While filming a posses-
sion ritual in the Golden Cost (nowadays, Ghana),
Rouch finds a reflection on reality-imaginary rela-
tionship, which seems to be able to tell too much
about the relationship between cinematographic
praxis and anthropological analysis.

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Author Biography

  • Renato Sztutman, Universidade de São Paulo
    Doutorando em Antropologia Social pela
    FFLCH/USP e co-editor da revista Sexta-Feira:
    antropologia, artes e humanidades.

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Published

2005-03-30

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 13 (2005)

Section

Articles and Essays

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How to Cite

Sztutman, R. (2005). Dangerous images: possession and genesis of Jean Rouch’s cinema. Cadernos De Campo (São Paulo, 1991), 13(13), 115-124. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2316-9133.v13i13p115-124