A very old machine :
Mahadevan, Sudhir, 1973-
A very old machine : the many origins of the cinema in India / Sudhir Mahadevan. - xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - SUNY series, Horizons of cinema . - SUNY series, Horizons of cinema .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Obsolescence -- The nineteenth century Indian techno-bazaar -- Traveling showmen, makeshift cinemas: the Bioscopewallah and early cinema -- Part 2. mechanical reproduction and mass culture -- copyright and cultural authenticity: The politics of mechanical reproduction in South Asia -- The cinema as mass culture: the melodramas of mechanical reproduction -- Part 3. Intermediality -- The emergence of topicality: snapshot cultures and newspaper photojournalism -- Politics across media: the partition of Bengal (1905) and the cinematic city -- Part 4. Archives -- The abundant ephemeral: the protocols of popular film historiography in India -- Conclusion.
9781438458281 (paperback)
2014045586
Motion pictures--History.--India
Motion picture industry--History.--India
791.430954 MAH / 012210
A very old machine : the many origins of the cinema in India / Sudhir Mahadevan. - xiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm - SUNY series, Horizons of cinema . - SUNY series, Horizons of cinema .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Obsolescence -- The nineteenth century Indian techno-bazaar -- Traveling showmen, makeshift cinemas: the Bioscopewallah and early cinema -- Part 2. mechanical reproduction and mass culture -- copyright and cultural authenticity: The politics of mechanical reproduction in South Asia -- The cinema as mass culture: the melodramas of mechanical reproduction -- Part 3. Intermediality -- The emergence of topicality: snapshot cultures and newspaper photojournalism -- Politics across media: the partition of Bengal (1905) and the cinematic city -- Part 4. Archives -- The abundant ephemeral: the protocols of popular film historiography in India -- Conclusion.
9781438458281 (paperback)
2014045586
Motion pictures--History.--India
Motion picture industry--History.--India
791.430954 MAH / 012210