The Documentary as ‘amplification’: Holding the Baby and politics of attachment

Authors

  • Hugo Burgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9771/contemporanea.v2i1.3424

Keywords:

Documentáriocuidado de crianças, Contexto cultural

Abstract

Under headings The Cultural Context, The Industrial Context, The Historical Context and The After Effect an empirical study is made os a particular, and higly controversial, British documentary. In the 1990s in the UK, there was a sudden flowering or programmes os the topic of childcaring, and in a particular at the first investigation os the subject on UK television, Channel 4’s Holding the Baby. This article explores the institucional and cultural context from which this programme emerged, the way it reflected contemporary debates and then helped drive them in a certain direction. The significance of the role of the documentary in contributing to opinion formation is discussed and assessed.

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Author Biography

Hugo Burgh

Head, The Unit for Journalism Research. Department of Media & Communications. University of London. Goldsmiths College

Published

2009-07-08

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Artigos