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National identity in Indian popular cinema, 1947-1987 / Sumita S. Chakravarty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chakravarty, Sumita S., author.
- Series:
- Texas Film and Media Studies Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--India.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--India.
- India--In motion pictures.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (347 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [1993]
- Summary:
- The first detailed account of the popular film as it has grown and changed during the tumultuous decades of Indian nationhood.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover
- Series Page
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Culture/Nation: Reclaiming the Past
- Part One. The Early Years of Nationhood
- 2. The Film Industry and the State: The Dynamics of Cultural Legitimation
- 3. National Identity and the Realist Aesthetic
- 4. New Uses of the Romantic-Mythic Tradition
- 5. The Recuperation of History and Memory
- Part Two. The Sixties and Beyond
- 6. The National-Heroic Image: Masculinity and Masquerade
- 7. The Authenticity Debate: Take Two
- 8. Woman and the Burden of Postcoloniality: The Courtesan Film Genre
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780292762411
- 0292762410
- OCLC:
- 1393303279
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