{"product_id":"films-of-mira-nair-diaspora-verite-paperback-1","title":"Films of Mira Nair: Diaspora Verite - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmardeep Singh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Films of Mira Nair: Diaspora V\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eérité\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003epresents the first, full-length scholarly study of her cinema. Mira Nair has broken new ground as both a feminist filmmaker and an Indian filmmaker. Several of her works, especially those related to the South Asian diaspora, have been influential around the globe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Amardeep Singh delves into the complexities of Nair's films from 1981 to 2016, offering critical commentary on all of Nair's major works, including her early documentary projects as well as shorts. The subtitle, \"diaspora vérité,\" alludes to Singh's primary theme: Nair's filmmaking project is driven aesthetically by her background in the documentary realist tradition (cinéma vérité) and thematically by her interest in the lives of migrants and diasporic populations. Mainly, Nair's filmmaking intends to document imaginatively the experiences of diasporic communities.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nair's focus on the diasporic appears in the long list of her films that have explored the subject, such as \u003cem\u003eMississippi Masala\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSo Far from India\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMonsoon Wedding\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Perez Family\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e My Own Country\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e The Namesake\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Reluctant Fundamentalist\u003c\/em\u003e. However, a version of the diasporic sensibility also emerges even in films with an apparently different scope, such as Nair's adaptation of Thackeray's \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Nair began her career as a documentary filmmaker in the early 1980s. While Nair now has largely moved away from the documentary format in favor of making fictional feature films, Singh shows\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethat a documentary realist style remains active in her subsequent fictional cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmardeep Singh \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of English at Lehigh University and author of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Secularism: Religion and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Fiction. \u003c\/i\u003eHis work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Encyclopedia of Postcolonial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouth Asian Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Compass\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJournal of Postcolonial Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 238\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52711001915699,"sku":"9781496821164","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/XyEXdN9qZf9781496821164_32f41d29-9bf1-4d80-bb24-9f7db7b25f50.webp?v=1763506639","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/films-of-mira-nair-diaspora-verite-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}