Mahadevan, Sudhir,  1973- <br/><br/>
A very old machine :  the many origins of the cinema in India, 1840-1930 / 
Sudhir Mahadevan. 
 - Albany :  State University of New York Press,  (c)2015. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - SUNY series, Horizons of cinema .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Obsolescence --  The nineteenth century Indian techno-bazaar --  Traveling showmen, makeshift cinemas: the Bioscopewallah and early cinema --  Part 2. mechanical reproduction and mass culture --  copyright and cultural authenticity: The politics of mechanical reproduction in South Asia --  The cinema as mass culture: the melodramas of mechanical reproduction --  Part 3. Intermediality --  The emergence of topicality: snapshot cultures and newspaper photojournalism --  Politics across media: the partition of Bengal (1905) and the cinematic city --  Part 4. Archives --  The abundant ephemeral: the protocols of popular film historiography in India --  Conclusion. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781438458304 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--History.--India<br/>Motion picture industry--History.--India
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN1993  / .V479 2015