{"product_id":"satyajit-ray-suranjan-ganguly-9780810859005","title":"Satyajit Ray: In Search of the Modern","description":"Satyajit Ray is usually credited with ushering modernity into the tradition-bound Indian Cinema. Suranjan Ganguly's book examines six of Ray's major films focusing on issues such as human subjectivity, the importance of education, the emancipation of women, the rise of the new middle class, and the crisis of identity in post-Independence India. He provides close readings of the following films: \u003ci\u003ePather Panchali\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eAparajito\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), \u003ci\u003eApur Sansar\u003c\/i\u003e (1959), \u003ci\u003eCharulata\u003c\/i\u003e (1964), \u003ci\u003eAranyer Din Ratri\u003c\/i\u003e (1970), and \u003ci\u003ePratidwandi\u003c\/i\u003e (1970). All six films relate to Ray's interest in how a culture acquires a composite, hybrid shape through the fusion of history and modernity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy placing Ray's films within the socio-historical and cultural contexts of Indian modernity, Ganguly offers a radically different approach, which will enable Western readers to engage more fully with the filmmaker's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suranjan Ganguly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0810859009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810859005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scarecrow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.86h x 6.01w x 0.56d","brand":"Suranjan Ganguly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120287609087,"sku":"9780810859005","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_07b70f3e-4efc-4586-add3-532700a5a11e.jpg?v=1687413519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/satyajit-ray-suranjan-ganguly-9780810859005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}