Fingerprinting Popular Culture
The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema
Price: 495.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195692679
Publication date:
27/07/2007
Paperback
228 pages
216x140mm
Price: 495.00 INR
ISBN:
9780195692679
Publication date:
27/07/2007
Paperback
228 pages
Vinay Lal, Ashis Nandy
Rights: World Rights
Vinay Lal, Ashis Nandy
Description
The book explores the extent to which Indian popular cinema offers a fresh view of South Asian public life while being a distinctive response to the new political presence of changing culture of the urban middle classes in the region. It uses the Indian popular cinema to re-examine the relationships among society, politics, and culture.
About the author
Vinay Lal, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, and Ashis Nandy, Formerly Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New DelhiVinay Lal, Ashis Nandy
Description
The book explores the extent to which Indian popular cinema offers a fresh view of South Asian public life while being a distinctive response to the new political presence of changing culture of the urban middle classes in the region. It uses the Indian popular cinema to re-examine the relationships among society, politics, and culture.
About the author
Vinay Lal, Associate Professor of History and Asian American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, and Ashis Nandy, Formerly Fellow, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi

