Lahore Cinema: Between Realism and Fable
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A pioneering analysis of exemplary feature films
Commercial cinema has been among the most powerful vectors of social and aesthetic modernization in South Asia. So argues Iftikhar Dadi in his provocative examination of cinema produced between 1956 and 1969--the long sixties--in Lahore, Pakistan, following the 1947 Partition of South Asia. These films drew freely from Bengali performance traditions, Hindu mythology, Parsi theater,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0295750812
ISBN13:9780295750811
Release Date:October 2022
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:264 Pages
Weight:0.87 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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