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Critical Social Science Perspectives on Indian Cinema -

Critical Social Science Perspectives on Indian Cinema

Buch | Hardcover
260 Seiten
2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-041-24740-1 (ISBN)
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What is cinema and how do social scientists view it critically? This book offers an edited collection of sixteen essays by distinguished scholars answers such questions. The book is aimed at cinema scholars and anyone who is interested in looking at cinema as a serious social expression in a changing world.
What is cinema and how do social scientists view it critically? Why is cinema important to our understanding of modern society? What does cinema mean to a society like India? What is the past, present, and possible future of Indian cinema? How has Indian cinema shaped Indian mentalities and how has it been influenced by ideologies present in Indian society? This edited collection of sixteen essays by distinguished scholars answers these questions and also includes:



Comprehensive examination of Indian cinema from historical, social, and cultural perspectives
Analysis of gender representation, communal identity, and nationalist themes in film
Coverage of major filmmakers including Satyajit Ray and Shyam Benegal
Exploration of cinema's role in depicting social movements and political ideologies
Investigation of diaspora experiences and regional cinema traditions

The book is aimed at cinema scholars and anyone who is interested in looking at cinema as a serious social expression in a changing world.

This title has been co-published with Aakar Books. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the print edition in South Asia (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).

Anirudh Deshpande is Professor, Deparment of History, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. Anagha Kamble is Assistant Professor, Department of History, University of Mumbai, Mumbai, India.

Introduction

1. Film Theory and Its Application: A Historiographical Survey

2. The Mughals in Indian Cinema: Fascination, Trends and Representation

3. Lokshahir Ram Joshi (1947) and Amar Bhoopali (1951): The Socio-Cultural Reflections of the Later Peshwa Period in Marathi Cinema

4. Nationalism, Censorship and the History of Early Years of Cinema in India

5. Gandhi in Cinema and Gandhian Cinema: Locating Gandhi Through Indian Cinema

6. Romancing War Bollywood Style: A Short Essay on War Cinema in Comparative and Historical Perspective

7. Violent Belongings: Gender, Communal Identity and Nation-Making in Partition Cinema

8. Cinematic Images of Gender Dystopia in India: Imagined or Real? Preeta Nilesh and

9. Trajectory of the Queer in Indian Cinema

10. From Akbar Illahabadi to Ashraf Ali: A Gradual Demonisation of the Muslim Masculinity in Popular Hindi Cinema

11. Reflection of Socialism Through Hindi Cinema

12. Humanism in Cinema: The Work of Satyajit Ray

13. Shyam Benegal: An Unconventional Storyteller

14. Cinematic Representations of the Tapori: Space and the Politics of Bambaiyya

15. Changing Mumbai in Hindi Cinema

16. The Indian Diaspora and Hindi Cinema: A Critique

Contributors

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 5.3.2026
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10 1-041-24740-0 / 1041247400
ISBN-13 978-1-041-24740-1 / 9781041247401
Zustand Neuware
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