LEADER 04944oam 2200721I 450 001 9910827432603321 005 20240131143834.0 010 $a0-203-55899-5 010 $a1-299-46956-6 010 $a1-136-76500-X 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203558997 035 $a(CKB)2550000001019590 035 $a(EBL)1170338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000873350 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11524338 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000873350 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10877661 035 $a(PQKB)10817825 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1170338 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1170338 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10687210 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL478206 035 $a(OCoLC)840466757 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB143536 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001019590 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCinema, transnationalism, and colonial India $eentertaining the Raj /$fBabli Sinha 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2013 210 1$aMilton Park, Abingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (168 pages) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in South Asian history ;$v14. 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$aPrint version: Sinha, Babli., Cinema, transnationalism, and colonial India : entertaining the Raj. London ; Routledge, 2013. 0-415-52849-6 (OCoLC)776535533 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover -- Half title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Historicizing entertainment -- 2 Modernity, identity, and the consequences of Americanism -- Regulating cinema -- Space and segregation -- Misrepresentation and misunderstanding -- Industry practices and political responses -- 3 The hybrid sensorium of Indian film -- Cosmopolitan aesthetics -- Comedy and modernity -- Spiritual and material worlds -- Nationalism and adventure -- 4 No place for milksops: narrating Indians in the United States -- Empire, migration, and assimilation -- The Indian in literature and film -- America and empire -- Cultivating solidarity -- 5 Empire films and the dissemination of Americanism in colonial India -- Genre and geography -- Cultural imperialism and a new Americanism -- The individual as defender of imperial ideals -- American trade and brotherhood -- Mediation and modernization -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $a"Through the lens of cinema, this book explores the ways in which the United States, Britain and India impacted each other politically, culturally and ideologically. It argues that American films of the 1920s posited alternative notions of whiteness and the West to that of Britain, which stood for democracy and social mobility even at a time of virulent racism.The book examines the impact that the American cinema has on Indian filmmakers of the period, who were integrating its conventions with indigenous artistic traditions to articulate an Indian modernity. It considers the way American films in the 1920s presented an orientalist fantasy of Asia, which occluded the harsh realities of anti-Asian sentiment and legislation in the period as well as the exciting engagement of anti-imperial activists who sought to use the United States as the base of a transnational network. The book goes on to analyse the American 'empire films' of the 1930s, which adapted British narratives of empire to represent the United States as a new global paradigm.Presenting close readings of films, literature and art from the era, the book engages cinema studies with theories of post-colonialism and transnationalism, and provides a novel approach to the study of Indian cinema"--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in South Asian history ;$v14. 606 $aMotion pictures$zIndia$xForeign influences$9lat$2NLI 606 $aMotion picture industry$zIndia$xHistory$9lat$2NLI 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States$xForeign influences$9lat$2NLI 606 $aMotion pictures$zGreat Britain$xForeign Influences$9lat$2NLI 606 $aMotion pictures, Indic$9lat$2NLI 606 $aMotion pictures and transnationalism$9lat$2NLI 615 7$aMotion pictures$xForeign influences. 615 7$aMotion picture industry$xHistory. 615 7$aMotion pictures$xForeign influences. 615 7$aMotion pictures$xForeign Influences. 615 7$aMotion pictures, Indic. 615 7$aMotion pictures and transnationalism. 676 $a791.43/0954 700 $aSinha$b Babli.$0860375 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827432603321 996 $aCinema, transnationalism, and colonial India$94113779 997 $aUNINA