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Title: Skeptical Political Mimesis: Sanjay Kak’s “Series on Indian Democracy” and the Voice of Documentary;
Authors and Corporations: Kramer, Max
In: Belgrade Journal of Media and Communications, 5, 2016, 09, p. 35-47
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Fakultet za medije i komunikacije - Univerzitet Singidunum
Faculty of Media and Communications - Singidunum University
Media Type: Article, E-Article

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ISSN:
2334-6132
published in: Belgrade Journal of Media and Communications
Language: English
Subjects:
Indian Philosophy
Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Collection: CEEOL Central and Eastern European Online Library
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In this paper I analyse documentary filmmaker Sanjay Kak’smodes of address in his most recent three films which are often knownas the “Series on Indian Democracy”. I will argue that he uses a “skepticalpolitical mimetic” voice that articulates a politics of affect distancedby a skeptical ethics of representation via formalist devices. I am particularlyinterested in the way this voice is intersecting with empiricalaudiences and the imagination of publics.