{"product_id":"indian-cinema-in-the-time-of-celluloid-from-bollywood-to-the-emergency-hardback-9780253352682","title":"Indian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid; From Bollywood to the Emergency (Hardback) 9780253352682","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIndian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Bollywood to the Emergency\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAshish Rajadhyaksha (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253352682\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 16 October 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e432 pages, 210 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 18.4 x 3.8 cm, 1.134 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The 'celluloid' in the title defines the period of this study: it starts with the beginning of film but does not include new technologies. Rajadhyaksha (senior fellow, Centre for the Study of Culture and Society, Bangalore) delineates a theory of Indian film that has led to Bollywood's globalization. Though he explicates two avant-garde films toward the end of the book, for the most part he concentrates (with references to particular films sprinkled throughout) on the economic phenomena of the film industry, its markets and sub-markets, and its nationalistic hold on the public, a hold far greater than that of other arts. Certain films, he writes, were what the country 'needed.' These resemble works from Hollywood's 'classical era.' Melodrama brought Bollywood 'excess' to a level of respectability. Whereas Amit Rai, in Untimely Bollywood (CH, Nov'09, 47-1330), sees Bollywood in the future, Rajadhyaksha uses Bollywood's past. Focusing on product, he omits from his top-ten Indian films list world master Satyajit Ray. By analyzing theories of spectatorship, Rajadhyaksha defines the aesthetic that is Bollywood. Black-and-white photos (from films and of audiences and posters) underscore the author's intention. Lengthy footnotes appear in the page margins and a complete international bibliography completes the volume. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty. — Choice\"—A. Hirsh, emeritus, Central Connecticut State University, May 2010\u003cbr\u003e \"By analyzing theories of spectatorship, Rajadhyaksha defines the aesthetic that is Bollywood. . . . Recommended.May 2010\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"One of the finest writers on Indian cinema . . . shows once again his imagination in posing new questions and his use of largely neglected primary sources.\"—Rachel Dwyer, author of Filming the Gods: Religion and Indian Cinema\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eIndian Cinema in the Time of Celluloid,\u003c\/i\u003e Ashish Rajadhyaksha argues that any exploration of the social uses to which cinema is put in a place like India can only make sense if it transforms our understanding of cinema itself. Taking as his timeframe the era of celluloid, which is also marked by public experiences of spectatorship and uses of cinema by the state, Rajadhyaksha examines three moments of crisis for the Indian State in which cinema played a central role.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e PART I: THE 'CINEMA-EFFECT' OUTSIDE THE CINEMA: 'BOLLYWOOD' AND THE PERFORMING CITIZEN\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'Bollywood' 2004: The Globalized Freak Show of what was Cinema\u003cbr\u003e 3. When Was Bollywood?\u003cbr\u003e 4. The 'Cinema-Effect': Cultural Rights Vs. The Production Of Authenticity\u003cbr\u003e 5. Social Lineages of the Cinema-Effect: Demonstrating Spectatorial Ability\u003cbr\u003e Afterword: Bollywood And The Cinema-Effect: A Concluding Note\u003cbr\u003e PART II: ADMINISTERING THE SYMBOLS OF AUTHENTICITY-PRODUCTION: THE CINEMA-EFFECT AND THE STATE - AND REVISITING A 1990s CONTROVERSY\u003cbr\u003e 6. Administering The Symbols Of Authenticity-Production\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'You Can See Without Looking': The Cinematic 'Author' and Freedom Of Expression in the Cinema\u003cbr\u003e 8. 'People-Nation' And Spectatorial Rights: The Political 'Authenticity-Effect', the Shiv Sena and a Very Bombay History\u003cbr\u003e PART III: 1970S QUESTIONS: THE CINEMA-EFFECT, THE NATIONAL SYMBOLIC AND THE AVANT-GARDE\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Nation Detours\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Indian Emergency\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Problem, and a 'Coproduction Of Modernities'\u003cbr\u003e 12. 'Taking' The Shot': Alternative Beginnings To The Mechanism\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Practice: Two Films And A Painting (1): Bhupen Khakhar's List\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Practice: Two Films And A Painting (2): Mani Kaul And The 'Cinematic Object' - Uski Roti\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Practice: Two Films And A Painting (3): Gautam Ghose's Maabhoomi, Territorial Realism And The 'Narrator'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52526104346904,"sku":"9780253352682","price":48.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/indian-cinema-in-the-time-of-celluloid-from-bollywood-to-the-emergency-hardback-9780253352682","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}