{"product_id":"appreciating-melodrama-piyush-roy-9789354354878","title":"Appreciating Melodrama: Theory and Practice in Indian Cinema and Television","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAppreciating Melodrama: Theory and Practice in Indian Cinema and Television\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to identify and appreciate the continual influence of the ancient Sanskrit drama treatise, the \u003ci\u003eNatyashastra\u003c\/i\u003e, and its theory of aesthetics, the \u003ci\u003erasa\u003c\/i\u003e theory, on the unique narrative attributes of Indian cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume of work critically engages with a representative sample of landmark films from 100 years of Indian film history across genres, categories, regions and languages. This is the first time a case study-based rigorous academic review of popular Indian cinema is done using the Indian aesthetic appreciation theory of\u003ci\u003e rasa\u003c\/i\u003e (affect\/emotion). It proposes a theoretical model for film appreciation, especially for content made in the melodramatic genre, and challenges existing First World\/Euro-American film criticism canons and notions that privilege cinematic 'realism' over other narrative forms, which will generate passionate debates for and against its propositions in future studies and research on films. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a valuable academic reference book for students of film and theatre, world cinema and Indian cinema studies, South Asian studies and culture, Indology and the 'Sociology of Cinema' studies. It is a must-have reference text in the curriculum of both practical-oriented acting schools, as well as courses and modules focusing on a theoretical study of cinema, such as film criticism and appreciation, and the history of movies and performance studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Piyush Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9354354874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789354354878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Piyush Roy","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43981866598655,"sku":"9789354354878","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1a97b766-5979-464a-872a-88236588bcd7.jpg?v=1683257970","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/appreciating-melodrama-piyush-roy-9789354354878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}