{"product_id":"national-identity-in-indian-popular-cinema-1947-1987-paperback-1","title":"National Identity in Indian Popular Cinema, 1947-1987 - 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\u003eSumita S. Chakravarty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Indian popular cinema has a long history and is familiar to audiences around the world, it has rarely been systematically studied. This book offers the first detailed account of the popular film as it has grown and changed during the tumultuous decades of Indian nationhood. The study focuses on the cinema's characteristic forms, its range of meanings and pleasures, and, above all, its ideological construction of Indian national identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInformed by theoretical developments in film theory, cultural studies, postcolonial discourse, and \"Third World\" cinema, the book identifies the major genres and movements within Bombay cinema since Independence and uses them to enter larger cultural debates about questions of identity, authenticity, citizenship, and collectivity. Chakravarty examines numerous films of the period, including \u003ci\u003eGuide\u003c\/i\u003e (Vijay Anand, 1965), \u003ci\u003eShri 420\u003c\/i\u003e [The gentleman cheat] (Raj Kapoor, 1955), and \u003ci\u003eBhumika\u003c\/i\u003e [The role] (Shyam Benegal, 1977). She shows how \"imperso-\u003ci\u003enation\u003c\/i\u003e,\" played out in masquerade and disguise, has characterized the representation of national identity in popular films, so that concerns and conflicts over class, communal, and regional differences are obsessively evoked, explored, and neutralized.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese findings will be of interest to film and area specialists, as well as general readers in film studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 351\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 9.12 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52710069403955,"sku":"9780292711563","price":69.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/SVVNNnNudW9GZU13VGNNNGJXWjRzZz09_ad5f469f-4105-48d6-ab65-685f6861ef95.webp?v=1763481457","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/national-identity-in-indian-popular-cinema-1947-1987-paperback-1","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}