The Films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Cinema of Emancipation

Author:   Suranjan Ganguly
Publisher:   Anthem Press
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Pages:   178
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
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The Films of Adoor Gopalakrishnan: A Cinema of Emancipation


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This first study of Adoor Gopalakrishnan's feature films offers a compelling analysis of the socio-historical contexts of his work. Suranjan Ganguly examines how Kerala's abrupt displacement from a princely feudal state into twentieth-century modernity has shaped Gopalakrishnan's complex narratives about identity, selfhood and otherness, in which innocence is often at stake, and characters struggle with their consciences. Ganguly places the films within their larger frameworks of guilt and redemption in which the hope of emancipation - moral, spiritual and creative - is real and tangible.

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Author:   Suranjan Ganguly
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
ISBN:  

9781783084111


ISBN 10:   1783084111
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   01 May 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Introduction; 1. Things Fall Apart: 'Mukhamukham' and the Failure of the Collective; 2. The Domain of Inertia: 'Elippathayam' and the Crisis of Masculinity; 3. Master and Slave: 'Vidheyan' and the Debasement of Power; 4. The Server and the Served: 'Kodiyettam' and the Politics of Consumption; 5. The Search for Home: 'Swayamvaram' and the Struggle with Conscience; 6. Woman in the Doorway: 'Naalu Pennungal' and 'Oru Pennum Randaanum'; 7. Making the Imaginary Real: 'Anantaram', 'Mathilukal' and 'Nizhalkkuthu'; 8. The Dream of Emancipation: 'Kathapurushan' and the Triumph of the Individual; Filmography; Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

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Suranjan Ganguly teaches European and Asian cinema at the University of Colorado, Boulder and has also written a book on filmmaker Satyajit Ray.

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