Shooting women : behind the camera, around the world /

Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawomen working in features, TV news, and documentaries. From first world pioneers like African American camerawoman Jessie Maple Patton who got her job only after suing the union - to China's first camerawomen - who trav...

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Main Authors: Margolis, Harriet Elaine (Author), Krasilovsky, Alexis (Author), Stein, Julia (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK ; Chicago, IL, USA : Intellect Ltd., 2015
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
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Summary:Shooting Women takes readers around the world to explore the lives of camerawomen working in features, TV news, and documentaries. From first world pioneers like African American camerawoman Jessie Maple Patton who got her job only after suing the union - to China's first camerawomen - who travelled with Mao - to rural India where poor women have learned camerawork as a means of empowerment, Shooting Women reveals a world of women working with courage and skill in what has long been seen as a male field.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781783205073
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Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 17, 2016).