Description
Indian cinema teems with a multitude of different voices. The Directory of World Cinema: India provides a broad overview of this rich variety, highlighting distinctions among India's major cinematic genres and movements while illuminating the field as a whole. This volume's contributors - many of them leading experts in the fields - approach film in India from a variety of angles, furnishing in-depth essays on significant directors and major regions; detailed historical accounts; considerations of the many faces of India represented in Indian cinema; and explorations of films made in and about India by European directors including Jean Renoir, Peter Brook, and Powell and Pressburger. Taken together, these multifaceted contributions show how India's varied local film industries throw into question the very concept of a national cinema. The resulting volume will provide a comprehensive introduction for newcomers to Indian cinema while offering a fresh perspective sure to interest seasonal students and scholars.
About the Author
Adam Bingham has just completed a Ph.D. in contemporary Japanese cinema & Kitano Takeshi at the University of Sheffield, where he also teaches film studies. He contributes regularly to Senses of Cinema, CineAction, and Electric Sheep Magazine, among others. He lives in the UK and is preparing a research scholarship to Japan.
Book Information
ISBN 9781841506227
Author Adam Bingham
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Intellect Books
Publisher Intellect Books
Weight(grams) 313g
Dimensions(mm) 254mm * 178mm * 10mm
