{"product_id":"9783032111784","title":"India Animated Essays on Contemporary Practice","description":"\u003ch3\u003ePalgrave Animation\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eIndia Animated\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eEssays on Contemporary Practice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAnitha Balachandran | Timothy Jones\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Film \/ Genres \/ Animated\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores Indian animation, a sector in rapid transition. Major studios have built international reputations through outsourcing and co-production, while smaller studios and independent filmmakers increasingly create original content for TV, streaming platforms and festivals. Alongside these visible transformations in the industry, artisanal and ethnographic animation have also flourished. \u003cem\u003eIndia Animated: Essays on Contemporary Practice\u003c\/em\u003e examines key ways in which practices and preoccupations in India are shifting. Distinctive postcolonial approaches are the focus of this volume, which foregrounds the inventive animation works of filmmakers in recent decades. Substantial essays consider the conception, production and marketing of animated works, alongside a selection of interviews that provide a vivid, granular sense of creative processes. Indian animation remains largely overlooked in both public discourse and scholarly research. This volume addresses that absence by examining the region’s pluriform practices and their broader implications for animation studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wnVEW\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv role=\"document\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"Yy5or GNqVo allowTextSelection OuGoX\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Message body\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"BIZfh\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv lang=\"en-GB\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTimothy Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of Media Arts and Director of the Academic Media Center at Robert Morris University, USA. His work on animation, education, and industry appears in journals such as \u003cem\u003eAnimation Practice\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eProcess \u0026amp; P\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eroduction\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnimation Studies \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Animation: An Interdisciplinary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as in the edited collections \u003cem\u003eReconceptualizing Film Policies\u003c\/em\u003e (2018) and \u003cem\u003eAnimation and Advertising\u003c\/em\u003e (2019). Tim contributes regularly to \u003cem\u003eAnimation Studies 2.0\u003c\/em\u003e, and co-hosts the podcast \u003cem\u003eSpirited Animation\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"wnVEW\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv role=\"document\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"T31hC GNqVo allowTextSelection OuGoX\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Message body\" data-fui-focus-visible=\"\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv class=\"BIZfh\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv lang=\"en-GB\"\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cdiv\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnitha Balachandran\u003c\/strong\u003e is a filmmaker, researcher and adjunct professor of animation at the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, India. Her work engages with visual culture, media history, and the intersections of illustration, image-making, and animation within transcultural contexts. Anitha's writing has been published in the \u003cem\u003eJournal of Illustration\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eImago: Studi di cinema e media\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnimation Practice, Process \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnimation Studies 2.0,\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eBloomsbury Encyclopedia of Animation Studies\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e17 July 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783032111784\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\u003e370\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44676960551052,"sku":"9783032111784","price":161.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032111784.jpg?v=1785323982","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032111784","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}