Description: This work breaks new ground in the understanding of South Indian cinema and politics. Through incisive analysis and original concepts it illustrates the private, public and cinematic personas of MGR and Rajinikanth. It challenges the popular and scholarly myths surrounding them and shows the constant negotiation of their on-screen and off-screen identities. The book revisits the entire political history of post-Independent Tamil Nadu through its cinema,and presents a refreshing psycho-political and cultural map of contemporary South India. This absorbing volume will be an important read for scholars, teachers and students of film studies, culture and media studies, and politics, especially those interested in South India.
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EAN: 9780815373179
UPC: 9780815373179
ISBN: 9780815373179
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Book Title: Popular Cinema and Politics in South India: The Fi
Item Length: 21.6 cm
Number of Pages: 334 Pages
Publication Name: Popular Cinema and Politics in South India: the Films of Mgr and Rajinikanth
Language: English
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
Item Height: 216 mm
Subject: Government
Publication Year: 2017
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 454 g
Author: S. Rajanayagam
Item Width: 138 mm
Format: Paperback