Cinema, emergence, and the films of Satyajit Ray /
Although revered as one of the world's great filmmakers, the Indian director Satyajit Ray is described either in narrowly nationalistic terms or as an artist whose critique of modernity is largely derived from European ideas. Rarely is he seen as an influential modernist in his own right whose...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berkeley :
University of California Press,
Ã2010.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Although revered as one of the world's great filmmakers, the Indian director Satyajit Ray is described either in narrowly nationalistic terms or as an artist whose critique of modernity is largely derived from European ideas. Rarely is he seen as an influential modernist in his own right whose contributions to world cinema remain unsurpassed. In this benchmark study, Keya Ganguly situates Ray's work within the internationalist spirit of the twentieth century, arguing that his film experiments revive the category of political or "committed" art. She suggests that in their depictions of Indian l. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 258 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780520946040 0520946049 1282697730 9781282697737 9786612697739 6612697733 |