ISBN:
9780511557972
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (xiv, 213 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology 92
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
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Erscheint auch als
DDC:
302.23/43/095482
Keywords:
Film
;
Gesellschaft
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Motion pictures / Social aspects / India / Tamil Nadu
;
Urban poor / India / Tamil Nadu
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Motion picture audiences / India / Madurai
;
Popular culture / India / Madurai
;
Armut
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Publikum
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Film
;
Stadt
;
Indien
;
Madurai (India) / Popular culture
;
Indien
;
Indien Süd
;
Film
;
Publikum
;
Armut
;
Stadt
Abstract:
This study of the Indian cinema is concerned particularly with cinema-goers in Madurai, a city in Tamil Nadu, South India. Sara Dickey reviews the history of Tamil film, explains the structure of the industry, and presents the perspective of the filmmakers. However, the core of the book is an analysis of the films themselves and the place they have in the lives of poor people, who organize fan clubs, discuss the films and the actors, and in various ways relate these fantasy worlds to their own lives. Dickey argues that the effect of these films is ultimately conservative, for they glorify poverty while holding out the hope of a better future. Her rich ethnography makes an interesting contribution to the study of film in India and, more generally, to the understanding of popular culture in an Indian city
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
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Introduction
,
Lives in Madurai
,
Activities and attitudes
,
History of Tamil cinema
,
Films
,
Film themes
,
Filmmakers
,
Audiences
,
Fan clubs and politics
,
Conclusions
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511557972
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