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Cinema and the urban poor in south India, Sara Dickey

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Cinema and the urban poor in south India, Sara Dickey

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eng

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cinema and the urban poor in south India

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

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726827500

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Sara Dickey

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Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology, 92Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

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Cinema & the Urban Poor in South India

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