1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828662603321

Titolo

Routledge handbook of Indian cinemas / / edited K. Moti Gokulsing and Wimal Dissanayake ; editorial assistant Rohit K. Dasgupta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-136-77291-X

0-203-55605-4

1-299-48278-3

1-136-77284-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1264 p.)

Collana

Routledge handbooks

Altri autori (Persone)

DasguptaRohit K

DissanayakeWimal

GokulsingK. Moti

Disciplina

791.430954

Soggetti

Motion pictures - India - History

Motion picture industry - India - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Historical analysis -- pt. II. Themes and perspectives -- pt. III. The business of Indian cinemas -- pt. IV. Cinema halls and audiences.

Sommario/riassunto

India is the largest film producing country in the world and its output has a global reach. After years of marginalisation by academics in the Western world, Indian cinemas have moved from the periphery to the centre of the world cinema in a comparatively short space of time. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars in the field, this Handbook looks at the complex reasons for this remarkable journey.Combining a historical and thematic approach, the Handbook discusses how Indian cinemas need to be understood in their historical unfolding as well as their complex relations