Covering the years spanning cinema's emergence as a popular form
in Bengal in the first half of the twentieth century, this book
examines the main genres and trends produced by this cinema, and
leads up to Bengali cinema's last phase of transition in the 1980s.
Arguing that Bengali cinema has been a key economic and social
institution, the author highlights that the Bengali filmic
imaginary existed over and above the imaginary of the Indian
nation.
This book argues that a definitive history of Bengali cinema
presents an alternative understanding to the currently influential
notion of the Hindi film as the 'Indian' or 'national' cinema. It
suggests that the Bengali cinema presents a history which brings to
the fore the deeply contested terrain of 'national' cinema, and
shows the creation of the 'alternative imaginary' of the Bengali
film. The author indicates that the case of the Bengali cinema
demonstrates the emergence of a public domain that set up a
definitive discourse of difference with respect to the 'all-India'
Hindi film, popularly classified as Bollywood cinema, and which
pre-empted its subsumption within the more pervasive culture of the
Bombay Hindi cinema. As the first comprehensive historical work on
Bengali cinema, this book makes a significant contribution to both
Film and Cultural Studies and South Asian Studies in general.
General
Imprint: |
Routledge
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series |
Release date: |
October 2010 |
First published: |
2011 |
Authors: |
Sharmistha Gooptu
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
234 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-415-57006-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Performing arts >
Films, cinema >
General
|
LSN: |
0-415-57006-9 |
Barcode: |
9780415570060 |
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