Evacuee Cinema
Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940-1960
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 16 February 2023
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Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781009151207 |
| ISBN10: | 1009151207 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 276 pages |
| Size: | 236x162x22 mm |
| Weight: | 440 g |
| Language: | English |
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Short description:
Evacuee Cinema is a new history of partition and South Asian cinema narrated through the careers of &&&233;migr&&&233; film personnel.
Long description:
This new history of partition and South Asian cinema is narrated through the careers of &&&233;migr&&&233; film personnel, as well as through the distinctive genres and ancillary ventures that accompanied the aftershocks of partition. Moving beyond arguments about social contingency and political intent, the book suggests that the creative energies, production and subsequent circulation of popular cinema can offer fresh insights into partition. Pointing to regional connections across national boundaries, this book asserts that the cinemas of India and Pakistan must be explored in tandem to uncover the legacy of partition for the culture industries of the region, one that is not hewn out of national erasures. The leitmotifs of &&&233;migr&&&233; personnel, gossip and satire in film print culture, the partisan repertoire of a theatre company, the film genres of the Muslim social, romantic comedies and charba (remakes), and the unruly film archives of postcolonial nation-states, when accessed through the lens of a divisive decolonization, reveal the parallaxes and confabulations of the 'national' on both sides.
'A brilliantly original study of the links between India's and Pakistan's film industries that puts into question the role of partition, war and nationalism in the cultural history of South Asia.' Faisal Devji, University of Oxford
'A brilliantly original study of the links between India's and Pakistan's film industries that puts into question the role of partition, war and nationalism in the cultural history of South Asia.' Faisal Devji, University of Oxford
Table of Contents:
Introduction; 1. The All-India Ambitions of Lahore; Part I. The Secular Stance of Bombay: 2. 'Hindu Camera, Muslim Microphone': A Periodical and Two Memoirs; 3. The Stages of Partition: The Early Years of Prithvi Theatre; Part II. Between Bombay and Pakistan: 4. The Partition wish; 5. The Partition Romance; 6. The Partition Doppelg&&&228;nger; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
