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Studying Indian cinema

Title
Studying Indian cinema / Omar Ahmed.
Author
Ahmed, Omar (Head of film)
Publication
Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2015.

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Description
284 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
This book 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, audience and mise-en-scene. The case studies run chronologically from Awaara (The Vagabond, 1951) to The Elements Trilogy: Water (2005) and include films by such key figures as Satyajit Ray (The Lonely Wife), Ritwick Ghatak (Cloud Capped Star), Yash Chopra (The Wall) and Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay!).
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269), filmography (pages 270-275) and index.
Contents
Popular narratives -- Neo-realist aesthetics -- Poetic fatalism -- The trauma of partition -- Feminist concerns -- Erotic spectacle -- Parallel voices -- Angry young men -- Reality of the dispossessed -- Representing terrorism -- Mumbai noir -- Once upon a time in India -- Revolutionaries -- The elements trilogy.
Call Number
MFL 16-1539
ISBN
  • 9781906733674
  • 1906733678
  • 9781906733681
  • 1906733686
OCLC
910526736
Author
Ahmed, Omar (Head of film), author.
Title
Studying Indian cinema / Omar Ahmed.
Publisher
Leighton Buzzard : Auteur, 2015.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-269), filmography (pages 270-275) and index.
Research Call Number
MFL 16-1539
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