{"product_id":"a-companion-to-indian-cinema-neepa-majumdar-9781119048190","title":"A Companion to Indian Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection in the Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas series, featuring the cinemas of India\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Indian Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e, film scholars Neepa Majumdar and Ranjani Mazumdar along with 25 established and emerging scholars, deliver new research on contemporary and historical questions on Indian cinema. The collection considers Indian cinema's widespread presence both within and outside the country, and pays particular attention to regional cinemas such as Bhojpuri, Bengali, Malayalam, Manipuri, and Marathi. The volume also reflects on the changing dimensions of technology, aesthetics, and the archival impulse of film. The editors have included scholarship that discusses a range of films and film experiences that include commercial cinema, art cinema, and non-fiction film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEven as scholarship on earlier decades of Indian cinema is challenged by the absence of documentation and films, the innovative archival and field work in this \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e extends from cinema in early twentieth century India to a historicized engagement with new technologies and contemporary cinematic practices. There is a focus on production cultures and circulation, material cultures, media aesthetics, censorship, stardom, non-fiction practices, new technologies, and the transnational networks relevant to Indian cinema.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuitable for undergraduate and graduate students of film and media studies, South Asian studies, and history, \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Indian Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e is also an important new resource for scholars with an interest in the context and theoretical framework for the study of India's moving image cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Neepa Majumdar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1119048192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781119048190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-Blackwell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 1.31d","brand":"Neepa Majumdar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44067113337087,"sku":"9781119048190","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_06189915-9d83-494a-89d1-2644ec997ed6.jpg?v=1685411273","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-companion-to-indian-cinema-neepa-majumdar-9781119048190","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}