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A very old machine : the many origins of the cinema in India, 1840-1930 / Sudhir Mahadevan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, (c)2015.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781438458304
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN1993 .V479 2015
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Contents:
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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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction PN1993.5.8 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn923734709

Includes bibliographies and index.

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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