Tamil cinema in the twenty-first century : caste, gender and technology / edited by Selvaraj Velayutham and Vijay Devadas.
"Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India's largest film industries. Since its inception a century ago, Tamil cinema has undergone major transformations and today it stands as a foremost cultural institution that profoundly shapes Ta...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2021.
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| Series: | Media, culture, and social change in Asia series ;
69. |
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| Summary: | "Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India's largest film industries. Since its inception a century ago, Tamil cinema has undergone major transformations and today it stands as a foremost cultural institution that profoundly shapes Tamil culture and identity. This book investigates the structural, ideological and societal cleavages that continue to be reproduced, new ideas, modes of representation and narratives that are being created and the impact of new technologies on Tamil cinema. It advances a critical interdisciplinary approach that challenges the narratives of Tamil cinema to reveal the social forces at work"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 212 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780429244025 0429244029 9780429534232 042953423X 9780429548932 0429548931 9780429520761 042952076X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 13, 2021) |
| Biographical or Historical Data: | Selvaraj Velayutham is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Australia. Vijay Devadas is Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. |