1st Edition
Tamil Cinema The Cultural Politics of India's other Film Industry
Edited By Selvaraj Velayutham
Copyright 2008
218 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
220 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
224 Pages
8 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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Hitherto, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book examines critically the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. It outlines its history and distinctive characteristics, and proceeds to consider a number of important... Read more
Biography
Selvaraj Velayutham works in the Department of Sociology at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. His research interests include migration, transnationalism, and Tamil cinema and cultural studies. He has published works on South Indian diaspora, home and belonging, and living with diversity.
