National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947-1987

by Sumita S. Chakravarty

Book Overview

Although Indian popular cinema has a long history and is familiar to audiences around the world, it has rarely been systematically studied. This book offers the first detailed account of the popular film as it has grown and changed during the tumultuous decades of Indian nationhood. The study focuses on the cinema's characteristic forms, its range of meanings and pleasures, and, above all, its ideological construction of Indian national identity.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292711565
• ISBN13: 9780292711563
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"