Subject Cinema, Object Woman: A Study of the Portrayal of Women in Indian Cinema 8187867000, 9788187867005

Voices of the Talking Stars : Women of Indian Cinema and Beyond [1 ed.] 9789381345221, 9789381345030

Explores the complex relationships between cinema, industry, cultures, labour and gender during the studio era (1930-55)

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Female Stars of British Cinema: The Women in Question 9781474405652

The first full-length academic study to deal exclusively with female stardom in British cinema Film stars are often see

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Women in Polish Cinema 9781782387206

Polish film has long enjoyed an outstanding reputation but its best known protagonists tend to be male. This book points

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Historical realism : modes of modernity in Indian cinema, 1940-60

This is an unpublished doctoral thesis. It is extremely valuable for researcher working in the field of Indian Cinema.

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Feminine Fables: Imaging the Indian Woman in Painting, Photography, and Cinema 9781890206314, 1890206318, 9788185822884, 8185822883

An iconography of the Indian woman seems to be emerging which challenges the traditional "images" and roles of

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Movie Greats: A Critical Study of Classic Cinema 9781350103405, 9781845206536

Why are some films regarded as classics, worthy of entry into the canon of film history? Which sorts of films make the c

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Sounding the Modern Woman: The Songstress in Chinese Cinema 9780822375623

Jean Ma shows how the rise and domination of singing actresses—or songstresses—in Chinese cinema attests to the changing

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Women Filmmakers in Sinophone World Cinema 9789048554096

Women Filmmakers in Sinophone World Cinema portrays a group of important contemporary women filmmakers working across th

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Women Through the Lens: Gender and Nation in a Century of Chinese Cinema 9780824825324, 9780824825324

Gender and nation have often served as narrative subjects and visual tropes in Chinese cinema. The intersections between

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Liberty and Licence in the Indian Cinema 070690625X, 9780706906257

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