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035 _a(DE-B1597)586726
035 _a(OCoLC)1286807256
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082 0 4 _a791.430954
084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aHogan, Patrick Colm
_eautore
245 1 0 _aUnderstanding Indian Movies :
_bCulture, Cognition, and Cinematic Imagination /
_cPatrick Colm Hogan.
264 1 _aAustin :
_bUniversity of Texas Press,
_c[2021]
264 4 _c©2008
300 _a1 online resource
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tIntroduction. Indian Movies and the People Who Love Them: Universality and Cultural Particularity in the Cinema --
_tChapter One. From Mythical Romances to Historical Sacrifices: Universal Stories in South Asia (Ardhangini, Baaz, and The Terrorist) --
_tChapter Two. The Film and the World: Global Themes, Local Movies (Nishānt and Sholay) --
_tChapter Three. Once More, with Feeling: Human Emotions and Cultural Imagination (Mother India, Bandit Queen, and Shree 420) --
_tChapter Four. “So, What’s the Deal with All the Singing?”: The Cognitive Universality of the Hindi Musical (Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham . . .) --
_tChapter Five. Seeing Indian Style: The Brain and Its Visual Culture (Umrao Jaan and Fire) --
_tAfterword. On Watching Indian Movies --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tIndex
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aIndian movies are among the most popular in the world. However, despite increased availability and study, these films remain misunderstood and underappreciated in much of the English-speaking world, in part for cultural reasons. In this book, Patrick Colm Hogan sets out through close analysis and explication of culturally particular information about Indian history, Hindu metaphysics, Islamic spirituality, Sanskrit aesthetics, and other Indian traditions to provide necessary cultural contexts for understanding Indian films. Hogan analyzes eleven important films, using them as the focus to explore the topics of plot, theme, emotion, sound, and visual style in Indian cinema. These films draw on a wide range of South Asian cultural traditions and are representative of the greater whole of Indian cinema. By learning to interpret these examples with the tools Hogan provides, the reader will be able to take these skills and apply them to other Indian films. But this study is not simply culturalist. Hogan also takes up key principles from cognitive neuroscience to illustrate that all cultures share perceptual, cognitive, and emotional elements that, when properly interpreted, can help to bridge gaps between seemingly disparate societies. Hogan locates the specificity of Indian culture in relation to human universals, and illustrates this cultural-cognitive synthesis through his detailed interpretations of these films. This book will help both scholars and general readers to better understand and appreciate Indian cinema.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2022)
650 0 _aMotion pictures
_zIndia.
650 7 _aPERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.7560/717862
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780292794160
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