A Very Old Machine
Title | A Very Old Machine PDF eBook |
Author | Sudhir Mahadevan |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2015-10-06 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1438458304 |
In A Very Old Machine, Sudhir Mahadevan shows how Indian cinema's many origins in the technologies and practices of the nineteenth century continue to play a vital and broad function in its twenty-first-century present. He proposes that there has never been a singular cinema in India; rather, Indian cinema has been a multifaceted phenomenon that was (and is) understood, experienced, and present in everyday life in myriad ways. Employing methods of media archaeology, close textual analysis, archival research, and cultural theory, Mahadevan digs into the history of photography, print media, practices of piracy and showmanship, and contemporary everyday imaginations of the cinema to offer an understanding of how the cinema came to be such a dominant force of culture in India. The result is an open-ended and innovative account of Indian cinema's "many origins."
A Very Old Machine
Title | A Very Old Machine PDF eBook |
Author | Sudhir Mahadevan |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2015-10-07 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1438458290 |
Argues that Indian cinemas deep nineteenth-century past continues to play a vital role in its twenty-first-century present. In A Very Old Machine, Sudhir Mahadevan shows how Indian cinemas many origins in the technologies and practices of the nineteenth century continue to play a vital and broad function in its twenty-first-century present. He proposes that there has never been a singular cinema in India; rather, Indian cinema has been a multifaceted phenomenon that was (and is) understood, experienced, and present in everyday life in myriad ways. Employing methods of media archaeology, close textual analysis, archival research, and cultural theory, Mahadevan digs into the history of photography, print media, practices of piracy and showmanship, and contemporary everyday imaginations of the cinema to offer an understanding of how the cinema came to be such a dominant force of culture in India. The result is an open-ended and innovative account of Indian cinemas many origins. Sudhir Mahadevans 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
How I Learned the Secrets of Success in Advertising
Title | How I Learned the Secrets of Success in Advertising PDF eBook |
Author | Guy Lynn Sumner |
Publisher | North Audley Media |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 1952 |
Genre | Advertising |
ISBN | 0981643213 |
Domestic Commerce Series
Title | Domestic Commerce Series PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1148 |
Release | 1931 |
Genre | United States |
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Domestic Commerce Series ...
Title | Domestic Commerce Series ... PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce. (Dept. of commerce). |
Publisher | |
Pages | 2030 |
Release | 1932 |
Genre | United States |
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Title | American Machine and Tool Record PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 648 |
Release | 1922 |
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Title | Pulp and Paper Investigation Hearings PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Pulp and Paper Investigation |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1234 |
Release | 1908 |
Genre | Paper-making and trade |
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