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028			_a: Donated by Prof. Ines. G. Zupanov & Jabin Thomas(IRGS)
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100			_aDickey, Sara.
245			_aCinema and the Urban poor in South India. _c/ Sara Dickey.
260			_a, Cambridge _b : Cambridge University Press _c, 1993.
300			_axiv, 213p. _c: 24cm.
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520			_aThis study of the Indian cinema is concerned particularly with cinema-goers in Madurai, a city in Tamil Nadu, South India. Sara Dickey reviews the history of Tamil film, explains the structure of the industry, and presents the perspective of the filmmakers. However, the core of the book is an analysis of the films themselves and the place they have in the lives of poor people, who organize fan clubs, discuss the films and the actors, and in various ways relate these fantasy worlds to their own lives. Dickey argues that the effect of these films is ultimately conservative, for they glorify poverty while holding out the hope of a better future. Her rich ethnography makes an interesting contribution to the study of film in India and, more generally, to the understanding of popular culture in an Indian city.
650			_aIndian cinema
650			_aFilmmakers
650			_a Indian city
700			_aSara Dickey.
942			_cBOOK
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