Seduced by the familiar : narration and meaning in Indian popular cinema / M.K. Raghavendra.
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TextPublication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: x, 362 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN: - 9780199456307
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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.