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Outside the Lettered City : Cinema, Modernity, and the Public Sphere in Late Colonial India /

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This title traces how middle-class Indians responded to the rise of the cinema as a popular form of mass entertainment in early twentieth-century India. It draws on archival research to uncover aspirations and anxieties about the new medium, which opened up tantalising possibilities for nationalist...

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Main Author: Dass, Manishita (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Motion pictures > India > History > 20th century.
Motion picture audiences > India > History.
Cinéma > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma > Publics > Inde > Histoire.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Motion picture audiences
Motion pictures
India
1900-1999
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This title traces how middle-class Indians responded to the rise of the cinema as a popular form of mass entertainment in early twentieth-century India. It draws on archival research to uncover aspirations and anxieties about the new medium, which opened up tantalising possibilities for nationalist mobilisation on the one hand and troubling challenges to the cultural authority of Indian elites on the other.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199394401
0199394407
9780199394418
0199394415
0190493852
9780190493851