This book examines Tamil cinema, which has recently overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output, outlining its history and distinctive characteristics, and proceeds to consider a number of important themes such as gender, religion, class, caste, fandom, cinematic genre, the politics of identity and diaspora.
This book examines Tamil cinema, which has recently overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output, outlining its history and distinctive characteristics, and proceeds to consider a number of important themes such as gender, religion, class, caste, fandom, cinematic genre, the politics of identity and diaspora.
Selvaraj Velayutham works in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His research interests include migration, transnationalism, and Tamil cinema and cultural studies. He has published works on South Indian diaspora, home and belonging, and living with diversity.
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Introduction: The Cultural History and Politics of South Indian Tamil Cinema Selvaraj Velayutham 1. A Good Woman, A Very Good Woman: Tamil Cinema's Women C.S. Lakshmi 2. The Tamil Film Heroine: From a Passive Subject to a Pleasurable Object Sathiavathi Chinniah 3. Presencing the Amman in Tamil Cinema: Cinema Spectatorship as Sensuous Apprehension Kalpana Ram 4. Politics and the Film in Tamil Nadu: The Stars and the DMK Robert Hardgrave 5. The Nurturing Hero: Changing Images of MGR Sara Dickey 6. Tamil Cinema in the Public Sphere: The Evolving Art of Banner Advertisements in Chennai Preminda Jacob 7. Encountering a New Art: Writers Response to Cinema in Tamil Nadu Theodore Baskaran 8. Cinema in the Countryside: Popular Tamil Film and the Remaking of Rural Life Anand Pandian 9. Imaginary Geographies: The Makings of 'South' in Contemporary Tamil Cinema Rajan Krishnan 10. Encounters with 'India': (Ethno)-Nationalism in Tamil Cinema Vijay Devadas and Selvaraj Velayutham 11. The Diaspora and the Global Circulation of Tamil Cinema Selvaraj Velayutham
Introduction: The Cultural History and Politics of South Indian Tamil Cinema Selvaraj Velayutham 1. A Good Woman, A Very Good Woman: Tamil Cinema's Women C.S. Lakshmi 2. The Tamil Film Heroine: From a Passive Subject to a Pleasurable Object Sathiavathi Chinniah 3. Presencing the Amman in Tamil Cinema: Cinema Spectatorship as Sensuous Apprehension Kalpana Ram 4. Politics and the Film in Tamil Nadu: The Stars and the DMK Robert Hardgrave 5. The Nurturing Hero: Changing Images of MGR Sara Dickey 6. Tamil Cinema in the Public Sphere: The Evolving Art of Banner Advertisements in Chennai Preminda Jacob 7. Encountering a New Art: Writers Response to Cinema in Tamil Nadu Theodore Baskaran 8. Cinema in the Countryside: Popular Tamil Film and the Remaking of Rural Life Anand Pandian 9. Imaginary Geographies: The Makings of 'South' in Contemporary Tamil Cinema Rajan Krishnan 10. Encounters with 'India': (Ethno)-Nationalism in Tamil Cinema Vijay Devadas and Selvaraj Velayutham 11. The Diaspora and the Global Circulation of Tamil Cinema Selvaraj Velayutham
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