Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Nandi, Swaralipi.
2. Chatterjee, Esha.

Description

1. 200 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. This collection of essays illuminates the film portrayal of violence, masculinity, and power in a postcolonial context, showing how the cinema challenges, normalizes, or contests these major issues. Taking an interdisciplinary and comparative approach, drawing from literature, sociology, and media studies, the essays shed light on films about societal violence in postcolonial cultures, whether it be terrorism, suicide bombings, the underworld, organized crime, or mob violence. The contributors this book look at the dynamics of the representation of these issues as cinematic plots and techniques, drawing attention to the affective value of the films in generating and foregrounding the feelings evoked by the onscreen violence, and the impact of these emotions on the formation of national and cosmopolitan identity. International in scope, covering films from Europe, Asia, and Latin America, these essays enrich both literary studies and social studies with a nuanced borrowing and intermixing of their primary texts and modes of interpretation.

Subject

1. Masculinity in motion pictures
2. Violence in motion pictures

Call number

1. JFD 13-3848

Note

1. Contributed articles.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Title

1. Spectacles of blood : a study of masculinity and violence in postcolonial films / edited by Swaralipi Nandi and Esha Chatterjee.

Imprint

1. New Delhi : Zubaan, 2012.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Connect to:

1. Contributor biographical information
2. Publisher description
3. Table of contents only

Added author

1. Nandi, Swaralipi.
2. Chatterjee, Esha.

LCCN

1. 2013316264

ISBN

1. 9789381017159
2. 9381017158

Research call number

1. JFD 13-3848