ISBN:
978-1-138-82203-0
,
1-138-82203-5
Language:
English
Keywords:
Indien Süd-Indien
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Film
;
Popular Culture
;
Politik
;
Dravide
;
Identität
;
Rajinikanth [Leben und Werk]
;
Ramachandran, Marudhur Gopalan [Leben und Werk]
Abstract:
This book explores how public and cinematic personas merge in the political landscape of Tamil Nadu in India. Using the films of MGR and Rajinikanth, it reveals the intricate warp and the weft of political and cultural life of the Tamils, while examining Dravida identity, caste and language.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Popular as Political. Part 1: Politics of Narrative. 1. Assemblage Structure2.Image-Building DevicesPart 2: Politics of Body 3.Imaging Male Body 4.On Being a Man`s Woman5.Psycho-Cultural Mapping of Body6. Double Bodied Migrantcy 7.Wealth of Poverty 8. Dispensation of Justice Part 3: Politics of Imaging Politics 9.Image and Imagining 10.Politically-Loaded Octa-Motifs 11. Imaging by Tactexting 12. MGR: Politics as Co-text 13. RK: Politics as Context 14. Cinelating Politiking 15. Politics beyond Politics: Trans-Image Voting. Select Bibliography.
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