Inside a dark hall
Space, place, and accounts of some single-theatres in Kolkata
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12985482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Madhuja Mukherjee (Jadavpur University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 269-283 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-23 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Asian History and Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1947-2498 • E-ISSN: 1947-2501 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/19472498.2017.1304086 |
| OpenAlex | W2603736300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This essay is a part of ongoing attempts to shift the focus of research on Indian cinemas from textual analyses, studies of authorial styles, movements, also from language specific readings of cinema of the regions, to a more complex understanding of film practices and viewership. Through research conducted on certain single-theatres of Calcutta, it shows how some of these theatres, namely Rupabani, Chhabighar, and Regal, operating since the 1930s, bore the signs of historical changes. The emphasis on ‘spatial’ transformation draws attention to alterations within the industry, narratives of migration into the city, changes within public cultures and cinematic forms, and the ‘Bengali’ film industry’s dependence on Hindi films or its big-Other. The essay reads photographs and printed materials as sources that inform us about the formation of these theatres in specific locations, their significance and years of growth, and gradual weakening since the 1980s, after which many of the theatres closed down, especially during 1990s. Nevertheless, some of the theatres, like Regal, survive through multiple intercessions and in effect, bear the physical marks of change
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Audience measurement · Bengali · Film industry · Hindi · Hindi literature · Hollywood · Linguistics · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Law · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism · South Asian Cinema and Culture
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |