Level crossing : railway journeys in Hindi cinema / Vijaya Singh

By:

Vijaya Singh

Language: Eng. Publication details: Orient Blackswan 2017 HyderabadEdition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 219 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9788125059462

Subject(s):

Indian Cinema

DDC classification:

791.430954 VIJ

Summary: Level Crossing: Railway Journeys in Hindi Cinema is a study of the representation of the railways as a cultural, perceptual, temporal and metaphoric paradigm of modern life in Hindi cinema. It examines the relationship of movement and stasis in late nineteenth century literary accounts and in Hindi cinema from 1935 to 1974 and asks how the three most important coordinates of the modern: machine, speed and vision shaped literary and film discourses. The volume is addressed to students and scholars in the fields of cinema, culture and media studies, film history. Any reader interested in Hindi cinema would also find it engaging and insightful.

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Level Crossing: Railway Journeys in Hindi Cinema is a study of the representation of the railways as a cultural, perceptual, temporal and metaphoric paradigm of modern life in Hindi cinema. It examines the relationship of movement and stasis in late nineteenth century literary accounts and in Hindi cinema from 1935 to 1974 and asks how the three most important coordinates of the modern: machine, speed and vision shaped literary and film discourses. The volume is addressed to students and scholars in the fields of cinema, culture and media studies, film history. Any reader interested in Hindi cinema would also find it engaging and insightful.

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