Seduced by the familiar :
Raghavendra, M. K.
Seduced by the familiar : narration and meaning in Indian popular cinema / M.K. Raghavendra. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008. - x, 362 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-340) and index.
CONTENTS: Introduction -- Narrative Convention and Form -- Indian Cinema Before 1947: In Search of a Definition -- The First Years of Independence: Birth of a Nation -- The 1950s and 1960s: The Idea of 'India' -- The 1970s: Crosscurrents -- The Furious 1980s: Undermining the Nation State -- Towards the New Millennium: The End of Conflict -- A Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Film Index -- General Index -- About the Author.
This book looks at the seven decades of Indian social history from the perspective of popular cinema.
9780199456307
2008319502
Motion pictures -- History.--------
Motion pictures--History.--India
Seduced by the familiar : narration and meaning in Indian popular cinema / M.K. Raghavendra. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008. - x, 362 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-340) and index.
CONTENTS: Introduction -- Narrative Convention and Form -- Indian Cinema Before 1947: In Search of a Definition -- The First Years of Independence: Birth of a Nation -- The 1950s and 1960s: The Idea of 'India' -- The 1970s: Crosscurrents -- The Furious 1980s: Undermining the Nation State -- Towards the New Millennium: The End of Conflict -- A Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Film Index -- General Index -- About the Author.
This book looks at the seven decades of Indian social history from the perspective of popular cinema.
9780199456307
2008319502
Motion pictures -- History.--------
Motion pictures--History.--India