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Cinema and the Urban Poor in South India (Paperback)
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Cinema and the Urban Poor in South India (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
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This study of the Indian cinema is concerned particularly with
cinema-goers in Madurai, a city in Tamil Nadu, South India. Sara
Dickey reviews the history of Tamil film, explains the structure of
the industry, and presents the perspective of the filmmakers.
However, the core of the book is an analysis of the films
themselves and the place they have in the lives of poor people, who
organize fan clubs, discuss the films and the actors, and in
various ways relate these fantasy worlds to their own lives. Dickey
argues that the effect of these films is ultimately conservative,
for they glorify poverty while holding out the hope of a better
future. Her rich ethnography makes an interesting contribution to
the study of film in India and, more generally, to the
understanding of popular culture in an Indian city.
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