Studying Indian cinema / by Omar Ahmed.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ahmed, Omar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--India.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 to both film and media studies. This includes a consideration of narrative, genre, representation, au

Contents:

""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 Terrorism""""11. 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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781800850156

1800850158

9781800347380

1800347383

OCLC:

912319654