Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's other Film IndustrySelvaraj Velayutham Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book examines critically the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. It outlines its history and distinctive characteristics, and proceeds to consider a number of important themes such as gender, religion, class, caste, fandom, cinematic genre, the politics of identity and diaspora. Throughout, the book cogently links the analysis to wider social, political and cultural phenomena in Tamil and Indian society. Overall, it is an exciting and original contribution to an under-studied field, also facilitating a fresh consideration of the existing body of scholarship on Indian cinema. |
Contents
cinema 1 | |
from a passive subject to a pleasurable object 29 | |
cinema | |
the stars and the DMK 59 | |
changing images of MGR 77 | |
the evolving art of banner | |
writers response to cinema in Tamil Nadu 111 | |
popular Tamil film and the remaking of rural | |
ethnonationalism in Tamil cinema 154 | |
The diaspora and the global circulation of Tamil cinema 172 | |
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Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry Selvaraj Velayutham No preview available - 2008 |
Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film Industry Selvaraj Velayutham No preview available - 2008 |