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ISBN
9781439910641

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Temple University Press
ISBN-10
1439910642
ISBN-13
9781439910641
eBay Product ID (ePID)
208734369

Product Key Features

Book Title
Dream Machine : Realism and Fantasy in Hindi Cinema
Number of Pages
318 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2015
Topic
Ethnic Studies / General, Popular Culture, Film / History & Criticism
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, Performing Arts, Social Science
Author
Samir Dayal
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
17.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
2015-003431
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"Dayal does an excellent job of bringing together diverse films, theorists, and critics on such issues as cosmopolitanism, secularism, terrorism, gender, and sexuality, often linking his analyses with contemporaneous historical events to provide fuller context. The most exciting aspect of Dream Machine is its new engagement of psychoanalytic theories of fantasy and the production of 'Indianness' in transnational Bollywood cinema. This is a fascinating book."--Kavita Daiya, Associate Professor of English at George Washington University, "Dayal's writing is bright and supple, and his reading of films is consistently interesting and entertaining. The meshing of realism and fantasy in prominent Bollywood films and genres argues that the fantasy elements are integral to imagining 'Indianness' over a range of interruptions that trouble a coherent national identity. Dayal avers that fantastic imagination is far more than mere escapism. A very engaging, rewarding project and a solid scholarly book, Dream Machine is also an interesting read for the non-expert cinephile."-- Henry Schwarz, Professor of English at Georgetown University, "Dayal's writing is bright and supple, and his reading of films is consistently interesting and entertaining. The meshing of realism and fantasy in prominent Bollywood films and genres argues that the fantasy elements are integral to imagining 'Indianness' over a range of interruptions that trouble a coherent national identity. Dayal avers that fantastic imagination is far more than mere escapism. A very engaging, rewarding project and a solid scholarly book, Dream Machine  is also an interesting read for the non-expert cinephile."-- Henry Schwarz, Professor of English at Georgetown University, "Dayal does an excellent job of bringing together diverse films, theorists, and critics on such issues as cosmopolitanism, secularism, terrorism, gender, and sexuality, often linking his analyses with contemporaneous historical events to provide fuller context. The most exciting aspect of  Dream Machine  is its new engagement of psychoanalytic theories of fantasy and the production of 'Indianness' in transnational Bollywood cinema. This is a fascinating book."--Kavita Daiya, Associate Professor of English at George Washington University 
Dewey Decimal
791.430954
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction * Mirror and Lamp I Postcolonial Hindi Cinema: Bad Subjects and Good Citizens 1 The Wish to Belong, the Desire to Desire: The Emergent Citizen and the Hindi "Social" in Raj Kapoor's Awaara 2 A Bad Son and a Good Enough Mother? The Paradoxical Maternal Romance in Mehboob Khan's Mother India 3 Sexploitation or Consciousness Raising? The Angry Man, the Avenging Woman, and the Law II Reimagining the Secular State 4 Terrorism or Seduction 5 Patriot Games, Unpatriotic Fantasies III Diasporic Cinema and Fantasy Space: Nonresident Indian Aliens and Alienated Signifiers of Indianness 6 The Powers of the False: Fantasy Spaces for Same-Sex Love? 7 The New Cosmopolitanism and Diasporic Dilemmas: Rehabilitating the "NRI" 8 Poverty Porn and Mediated Fantasy in Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire Conclusion * Transnational Translations: Mobile Indianness Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Popular Hindi films offer varied cinematic representations ranging from realistic portraits of patriotic heroes to complex fantasies that go beyond escapism. In Dream Machine, Samir Dayal provides a history of Hindi cinema starting with films made after India's independence in 1947. He constructs a decade-by-decade consideration of Hindi cinema's role as a site for the construction of "Indianness." Dayal suggests that Hindi cinema functions as both mirror and lamp, reflecting and illuminating new and possible representations of national and personal identity, beginning with early postcolonial films including Awaara and Mother India , a classic of the Golden Age. More recent films address critical social issues, such as My Name is Khan and Fire, which concern terrorism and sexuality, respectively. Dayal also chronicles changes in the industry and in audience reception, and the influence of globalization, considering such films as Slumdog Millionaire . Dream Machine analyzes the social and aesthetic realism of these films concerning poverty and work, the emergence of the middle class, crime, violence, and the law while arguing for their sustained and critical attention to forms of fantasy., Popular Hindi films offer varied cinematic representations ranging from realistic portraits of patriotic heroes to complex fantasies that go beyond escapism. In Dream Machine, Samir Dayal provides a history of Hindi cinema starting with films made after India's independence in 1947. He constructs a decade-by-decade consideration of Hindi cinema's role as a site for the construction of "Indianness." Dayal suggests that Hindi cinema functions as both mirror and lamp, reflecting and illuminating new and possible representations of national and personal identity, beginning with early postcolonial films including Awaara and Mother India, a classic of the Golden Age. More recent films address critical social issues, such as My Name is Khan and Fire, which concern terrorism and sexuality, respectively. Dayalalso chronicles changes in the industry and in audience reception, and the influence of globalization, considering such films as Slumdog Millionaire. Dream Machine analyzes the social and aesthetic realism of these films concerning poverty and work, the emergence of the middle class, crime, violence, and the law while arguing for their sustained and critical attention to forms of fantasy., Popular Hindi films offer varied cinematic representations ranging from realistic portraits of patriotic heroes to complex fantasies that go beyond escapism. In Dream Machine, Samir Dayal provides a history of Hindi cinema starting with films made after India's independence in 1947. He constructs a decade-by-decade consideration of Hindi cinema's role as a site for the construction of "Indianness." Dayal suggests that Hindi cinema functions as both mirror and lamp, reflecting and illuminating new and possible representations of national and personal identity, beginning with early postcolonial films including Awaara and Mother India , a classic of the Golden Age. More recent films address critical social issues, such as My Name is Khan and Fire, which concern terrorism and sexuality, respectively. Dayalalso chronicles changes in the industry and in audience reception, and the influence of globalization, considering such films as Slumdog Millionaire . Dream Machine analyzes the social and aesthetic realism of these films concerning poverty and work, the emergence of the middle class, crime, violence, and the law while arguing for their sustained and critical attention to forms of fantasy.
LC Classification Number
PN1993.5.I8D395 2015

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