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Overview"This book develops the idea of the ""Eastern"" as an analytically significant genre of film. Positioned in counterpoint to the Western, the famed cowboy genre of the American frontier, the “Eastern” encompasses films that depict the eastern and southern frontiers of Euro-American expansion. Examining six films in particular—Gunga Din (1939), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Heat and Dust (1983), A Passage to India (1984), Indochine (1992), and The English Patient (1996)—the author explores the duality of the ""Eastern"" as both aggressive and seductive, depicting conquest and romance at the same time. In juxtaposing these two elements, the book seeks to reveal the double process by which the “Eastern” both diminishes the ""East"" and Global South and reinforces ignorance about these regions’ histories and complexity, thereby setting the stage for ever-escalating political aggression. " Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nalini NatarajanPublisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition: 1st ed. 2020 Weight: 0.298kg ISBN: 9783030609962ISBN 10: 3030609960 Pages: 204 Publication Date: 09 November 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. The Western and The Eastern.- 3. Treasure and Thugs: The East as Mystery and Disorder.- 4. The Eastern Desert and the Lone Hero.- 5. The Colonial Gaze, Modernism, and the Trauma of the Tropics.- 6. The East and Love in the Time of Decolonization.- 7. Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationNalini Natarajan is Professor of English at the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. She is the author of six books, including The Atlantic Gandhi: The Mahatma Overseas (2012) and The Unsafe Sex: The Female Binary and Public Violence against Women (2016). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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