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Chakravarty, Sumita S.

National identity in Indian popular cinema, 1947-1987 / Sumita S. Chakravarty. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 1993. - 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Texas film studies series .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-333) and index.

Acknowledgments -
Introduction -
1. Culture/Nation: Reclaiming the Past -
Part One. The Early Years Of Nationhood -
2. The Film Industry and the State: The Dynamics of Cultural Legitimation -
3. National Identity and the Realist Aesthetic -
4. New Uses of the Romantic-Mythic Tradition -
5. The Recuperation of History and Memory -
Part Two. The Sixties And Beyond -
6. The National-Heroic Image: Masculinity and Masquerade -
7. The Authenticity Debate: Take Two -
8. Woman and the Burden of Postcoloniality: The Courtesan Film Genre -
Conclusion -
Notes -
Selected Bibliography -
Index.

ISBN: 9780292711563 (paperback) 9780292789852 (EPub)

LCCN: 93016985

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Motion pictures--India.
Motion pictures--Social aspects--India.
India in motion pictures.

LC Class. No.: PN1993.5.I8 / C48 1993

Dewey Class. No.: 302.23