Cinema and the Urban Poor in South India

Datos Bibliográficos

ID23399665
AutoresSara Dickey (Bowdoin College, autor de correspondencia)
Año1993
Fecha de publicación1993-09-23
Open AccessSí
TipoBOOK
RevistaCinema and the Urban Poor in South India (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditorialCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511557972
OpenAlexW4365410987
Open LibraryOL34442110M
ISBN9780511557972
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas82

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.

Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Ethnography · Fantasy · Geography · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Poverty · Social science · Sociology · Tamil · Visual arts · Anthropology · History · South Asian Cinema and Culture · India · Madurai · Madurai (India) · Motion picture audiences · Motion pictures · Popular Culture · Social aspects · Social aspects of Motion pictures · Social life and customs · Tamil Nadu · Urban poor