parthajit baruah (5 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. pp. 256.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jyotiprasad Agarwala's remarkable journey forms the foundation of this book, written by Parthajit Baruah, which re-examines the accepted history of Indian cinema. Long before Alam Ara's celebrated debut, Jyotiprasad foresaw a groundbreaking Assamese talkie, The Dance of Art (1930), inspired by his exposure at Germany's UFA studios. Through meticulous research and evocative storytelling, Baruah reveals how Jyotiprasad's creative drive and commitment to Assamese culture confronted formidable obstacles, technological, financial, and institutional. Despite these setbacks, Jyotiprasad's later success with Joymoti marked the dawn of sound cinema in the North-East and showed the power of regional storytelling. This book challenges the mainstream narrative by showing Jyotiprasad's crucial yet underrecognized role. Baruah urges readers to appreciate the mosaic of regional innovations that underpin Indian cinema. Jyotiprasad's story is not only a tribute to one of India's earliest film pioneers but also is a highlight to the broader, richer history of Indian filmmaking.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'This book depicts the journey from the first Assamese film (1935) to the present. It addresses the peripheral status and identity crisis of North-Eastern people in mainland India and examines the role of Bollywood in the construction and misrepresentation of this region in popular Hindi cinema. Part I looks at how the people of the North-East are constructed as 'foreigners' or 'outsiders' by mainland Indians. Part II discusses the socio-political and cultural shifts in the Assam region. Part III traces the journey of cinema in the other seven North-Eastern states, narrating the regions' socio-political phenomena and the unique cultural discourses'--.

hardcover. Zustand: Fine.