Table of Contents

Introduction: Mock-documentary and the subversion of factuality
1. Factual discourse and the cultural placing of documentary
2. Recent transformations of the documentary genre
3. A cousin for the drama-documentary: Situating the mock-documentary
4. Building a mock-documentary schema
5. A suggested genealogy
6. Degree one: parody
7. Degree two: critique and hoax
8. Degree three: deconstruction
Conclusion
Filmography
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Craig Hight is a Lecturer in the Department of Screen and Media Studies, Waikato University, New Zealand. Jane Roscoe teaches in the School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia