Studying Indian Cinema

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This book is traces the historical evolution of Indian cinema through a number of key decades. The book is made up of 14 chapters with each chapter focusing on one key film, the chosen films analysed in their wider social, political and historical context whilst a concerted engagement with various ideological strands that underpin each film is also evident. In addition to exploring the films in their wider contexts, the author analyses selected sequences through the conceptual framework common …

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Full title :Studying Indian Cinema.

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Publication Date:2015.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Columbia University Press
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0993238491, 9780993238499, 1906733678, 9781906733674
oclc:ocn994496284
LC Classification:PN1993.5 .I8
Dewey Decimal:791.430954

Contents -- Contents -- Introduction -- Introduction -- 1. Popular Narratives -- 1. Popular Narratives -- 2. Neo-realist Aesthetics -- 2. Neo-realist Aesthetics -- 3. Poetic Fatalism -- 3. Poetic Fatalism -- 4. The trauma of partition -- 4. The trauma of partition -- 5. Feminist Concerns -- 5. Feminist Concerns -- 6. Erotic Spectacle -- 6. Erotic Spectacle -- 7. Parallel Voices -- 7. Parallel Voices -- 8. Angry young men -- 8. Angry young men -- 9. Reality of the dispossessed -- 9. Reality of the dispossessed -- 10. Representing Terrorism

10. Representing Terrorism11. Mumbai Noir -- 11. Mumbai Noir -- 12. Once Upon a Time in India -- 12. Once Upon a Time in India -- 13. Revolutionaries -- 13. Revolutionaries -- 14. The Elements Trilogy -- 14. The Elements Trilogy -- Bibliography -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Filmography -- Index -- Index

Subjects

Cinéma -- Critique et interprétation. -… Criticism, interpretation, etc Film India Motion pictures Motion pictures -- Criticism and interp… Music, Dance, Drama & Film