Where Histories Reside: India as Filmed Space

by Priya Jaikumar

Book Overview

In Where Histories Reside Priya Jaikumar examines eight decades of films shot on location in India to show how attending to filmed space reveals alternative timelines and histories of cinema. In this bold "spatial" film historiography, Jaikumar outlines factors that shape India's filmed space, from state bureaucracies and commercial infrastructures to aesthetic styles and neoliberal policies. Whether discussing how educational shorts from Britain...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478004754
• ISBN13: 9781478004752
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"