{"product_id":"the-politics-of-indias-conventional-cinema","title":"The Politics of India's Conventional Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Fareed Kazmi\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 252\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761993118\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA pioneering book which provides an interface between politics, society and the mass media, it presents a theoretical framework within which all conventional films, can be understood and analyzed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCinematic imagery is no longer simple art, but a representation of ' preferred' reality through constructed themes.  While the structural compulsions of a society produce a particular kind of cinema, the latter in turn either legitimizes or subverts the hegemonic discourses.    Hence the author sees conventional cinema as a sociological and political phenomenon.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on an incisive contextual study of trends in the Hindi film industry over the last three decades, the author analyses how cinema as a politically and ideologically loaded statement effectively redefines ideas, beliefs and concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Fareed Kazmi \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153765495152,"sku":"2318","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/20112.jpg?v=1793913779","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-politics-of-indias-conventional-cinema","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}