Evacuee Cinema - Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940-1960

Evacuee Cinema is a new history of partition and South Asian cinema narrated through the careers of émigré film personnel.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The All-India Ambitions of Lahore; Part I. The Secular Stance of Bombay: 2. 'Hindu Camera, Muslim Microphone': A Periodical and Two Memoirs; 3. The Stages of Partition: The Early Years of Prithvi Theatre; Part II. Between Bombay and Pakistan: 4. The Partition wish; 5. The Partition Romance; 6. The Partition Doppelgänger; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Salma Siddique is a media historian and filmmaker by training. Born in Maiduguri, Nigeria, she grew up in Aligarh and New Delhi in India. She completed her PhD at University of Westminster, London and has been researching and teaching film and media in Germany since 2016.

Summary

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of South Asian history and popular culture. It examines partition's impact on cultural production, based on hard to access archives and collections situated in India, Pakistan, United Kingdom and the United States.

Product details

• Authors: Salma Siddique, Salma (Humboldt-Universitat Zu Berlin) Siddique
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9781009151207
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0915120-7
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Metamorphoses of the Political: Multidisciplinary Approaches
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Pakistan, Mumbai, India, Lahore, Films, cinema, c 1950 to c 1959, Asian History, c 1940 to c 1949, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General, C 1945 To C 1960