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A Very Old Machine: the Many Origins of the Cinema in India Sudhir Mahadevan
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A Very Old Machine: the Many Origins of the Cinema in India
Sudhir Mahadevan
Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Obsolescence 1. The Nineteenth-Century Indian Techno-Bazaar 2. Traveling Showmen, Makeshift Cinemas: The Bioscopewallah and Early Cinema Part II: Mechanical Reproduction and Mass Culture 3. Copyright and Cultural Authenticity: The Politics of Mechanical Reproduction in South Asia 4. The Cinema as Mass Culture: The Melodramas of Mechanical Reproduction Part III: Intermediality 5. The Emergence of Topicality: Snapshot Cultures and Newspaper Photojournalism 6. Politics across Media: The Partition of Bengal (1905) and the Cinematic City Part IV: Archives 7. The Abundant Ephemeral: The Protocols of Popular Film Historiography in India 8. Postscript Notes Works Cited Filmography IndexReview Quotes: Sudhir Mahadevan s "A Very Old Machine" is a work of great theoretical sophistication and rigorous historical scholarship. A revisionist and definitive treatment of early Indian film, the book shows how prevailing attitudes toward technology, photography, empire, commodity, and mass culture made the cinema a socially and culturally distinct form in India. Drawing on a wealth of primary research, "A Very Old Machine" fills many gaps. Anyone who wants to know how Indian cinema became Indian will need to consult this book. James Morrison, editor of "Hollywood Reborn: Movie Stars of the 1970s""Biographical Note: Sudhir Mahadevan is Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature, Cinema and Media at the University of Washington.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 1, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9781438458298 |
| Publishers | State University of New York Press |
| Genre | Cultural Region > Indian |
| Pages | 256 |
| Dimensions | 158 × 236 × 20 mm · 430 g |
