{"product_id":"9781119048190","title":"A Companion to Indian Cinema","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eA Companion to Indian Cinema\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eNeepa Majumdar | Ranjani Mazumdar\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\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\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeepa Majumdar\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Film \u0026amp; Media Studies in the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eWanted Cultured Ladies Only! Female Stardom and Cinema in India, 1930s to 1950s\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Illinois Press, 2009). Her research interests include film sound, star studies, South Asian early cinema, and documentary film. She is co-editor of the journals \u003ci\u003e[In]Transition: Journal of Videographic Film and Moving Image Studies and Music, Sound, and the Moving Image.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRanjani Mazumdar\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cinema Studies at the School of Arts \u0026amp; Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eBombay Cinema: An Archive of the City \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Minnesota Press, 2007) and guest editor of a special issue of \u003ci\u003eBioscope\u003c\/i\u003e on cinema and techno materiality (2013). Her current research interests include globalization and film culture, intermedial encounters, and the intersection of technology, travel, design, and color in 1960s Bombay Cinema. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 August 2022\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119048190\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e624\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44315631714444,"sku":"9781119048190","price":171.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119048190_025373cd-3a85-4bbe-a206-f2d6140077e8.jpg?v=1780116998","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781119048190","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}