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Lal, Vinay. Nandy, Ashis.

Fingerprinting popular culture the mythic and the iconic in Indian cinema - OXford University Press 2006

Table of Contents



Introduction : popular cinema and the culture of Indian politics


1

Popular cinema, India, and fantasy

1

2

Structure and form in Indian popular film narrative

24

3

All kinds of Hindi : the evolving language of Hindi cinema

51

4

The comic collapse of authority : an essay on the fears of the public spectator

87

5

The voice of the nation and the five-year plan hero : speculations on gender, space, and popular culture

122

6

The mapping of Guru Dutt's comedic vision

156




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Motion pictures--Social aspects--India. Motion pictures--Political aspects--India.

302.230 LAL