a historical construction Prasad, M. Madhava. creator text monographic 258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm This book highlights distinctive features of the narrative forms of Hindi cinema and explores the economic, historical and cultural reasons for these With reference to India Introduction: The Ideology of formal subsumption -- The economics of ideology: popular film form and mode of production -- The absolutist gaze: political structure and cultural form -- Guardians of the view: the prohibition of the private -- The moment of diasggregation -- The aesthetic of mobilization -- Middle-class cinema -- The development aesthetic -- Towards real subsumption?: signs of ideological reform in two recent films. M. Madhava Prasad. Includes bibliographical references (pages [238]-247) and index Motion pictures Social aspects India Motion pictures India 0195652959. 98902940 6643