The first comprehensive study of men and masculinity in the cinema of Satyajit Ray Links Ray's male characters with India's national trajectory in its early post-independence years Interrogates the director's standing as a national filmmaker Situates Ray within post-colonial filmmaking and realist cinema traditions Satyajit Ray belonged to a category of filmmakers and artists from newly independent countries whose work was used to define 'national culture'. Failed Masculinities: The Men in Satyajit Ray's Films argues that a study of his films will give us a purchase on the moral trajectory of India in its first few decades of independence, particularly through examination of his male characters and their narratives. Films discussed by Sanyal include the Apu Trilogy, Shakha Prasakha, Ghare Baire and Kapurush.

About the Author
Devapriya Sanyal is Assistant Professor of English at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She has degrees in Literature and Cinema from Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta and Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is the author of Salman Khan: The Man, The Actor, The Legend (2022).

Reviews
"Sanyal draws some fascinating conclusions when reviewing the different kinds of ineffectual males populating Satyajit Ray's films from the 1950s to the early 1990s. Notions of modernity and nationhood intersect with masculinity to illuminate this historically contextualised study in which women whether strong or subjugated play a critical role too." -Martin Shingler, author of Diana Dors: Film Star and Actor



Book Information
ISBN 9781399511148
Author Devapriya Sanyal
Format Hardback
Page Count 184
Imprint Edinburgh University Press
Publisher Edinburgh University Press