{"product_id":"films-of-mira-nair-amardeep-singh-9781496821164","title":"The Films of Mira Nair: Diaspora Verite","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Films of Mira Nair: Diaspora V\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eérité\u003c\/i\u003e presents the first, full-length scholarly study of her cinema. Mira Nair has broken new ground as both a feminist filmmaker and an Indian filmmaker. Several of her works, especially those related to the South Asian diaspora, have been influential around the globe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmardeep Singh delves into the complexities of Nair's films from 1981 to 2016, offering critical commentary on all of Nair's major works, including her early documentary projects as well as shorts. The subtitle, \"diaspora vérité,\" alludes to Singh's primary theme: Nair's filmmaking project is driven aesthetically by her background in the documentary realist tradition (cinéma vérité) and thematically by her interest in the lives of migrants and diasporic populations. Mainly, Nair's filmmaking intends to document imaginatively the experiences of diasporic communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNair's focus on the diasporic appears in the long list of her films that have explored the subject, such as \u003ci\u003eMississippi Masala\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSo Far from India\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonsoon Wedding\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Perez Family\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e My Own Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Namesake\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Reluctant Fundamentalist\u003c\/i\u003e. However, a version of the diasporic sensibility also emerges even in films with an apparently different scope, such as Nair's adaptation of Thackeray's \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNair began her career as a documentary filmmaker in the early 1980s. While Nair now has largely moved away from the documentary format in favor of making fictional feature films, Singh shows that a documentary realist style remains active in her subsequent fictional cinema.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amardeep Singh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496821165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496821164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/10\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Amardeep Singh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44634511442175,"sku":"9781496821164","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a03d0935-41a4-4b6a-ba43-a678cc6d881b.jpg?v=1703589703","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/films-of-mira-nair-amardeep-singh-9781496821164","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}