ISBN:
9780739110607
,
0739110608
,
9780739131305
,
0739131303
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 305 S
,
Ill
,
24 cm
DDC:
741.60954/82
Keywords:
Commercial art
;
Painted signs and signboards
;
Graphic arts Social aspects
;
Graphic arts Political aspects
;
Art and society
;
Commercial art India
;
Madras
;
Painted signs and signboards India
;
Madras
;
Graphic art Social aspects
;
India
;
Madras
;
Graphic art Political aspects
;
India
;
Madras
;
Art and society India
;
Madras
;
Tamil Nadu
;
Film
;
Werbeschild
;
Politik
;
Indien Süd
;
Filmwerbung
;
Präsentation
;
Politik
Abstract:
Introduction: Of painters, politicians, and film stars -- Chennai's banner industry: artists and their methods -- Cooperation and conflict in Chennai's visual culture: financiers, artists and their audiences -- Tamil cinema: history, celebrities, genres -- Cine signs: semiotics of Chennai's cinema banners -- Coalescence of Tamil nationalism and the cinema industry -- Political cutout: celebrity and cult in Tamil Nadu -- Darshan and cinematic spectatorship -- Future of Chennai's visual culture
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Of painters, politicians, and film stars -- Chennai's banner industry: artists and their methods -- Cooperation and conflict in Chennai's visual culture: financiers, artists and their audiences -- Tamil cinema: history, celebrities, genres -- Cine signs: semiotics of Chennai's cinema banners -- Coalescence of Tamil nationalism and the cinema industry -- Political cutout: celebrity and cult in Tamil Nadu -- Darshan and cinematic spectatorship -- Future of Chennai's visual culture.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-290) and index
