The Cinema of Satyajit Ray - Between Tradition and Modernity

List of contents

List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Between wonder, intuition and suggestion: Rasa in Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy and Jalsaghar; 2. From gazes to threat: the Odyssian Yatra (journey) of the Ray woman; 3. The responses, trauma and subjectivity of the Ray Purush (man); 4. Satyajit Ray's political version of the doubly colonized; 5. From newly discovered Margins: Ray's responses to the center; Notes; Selected bibliography; Filmography; Index.

Summary

Darius Cooper's study of Ray is the first to examine his rich and varied work from a social and historical perspective. The most comprehensive treatment of Ray's work, The Cinema of Satyajit Ray makes accessible the oeuvre of one of the most prolific and creative filmmakers of the twentieth century.

Product details

• Authors: Darius Cooper, Cooper Darius
• Assisted by: Dudley Andrew (Editor), William Rothman (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.01.2000
• EAN: 9780521629805
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62980-5
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 433 g
• Illustrations: 23 b/w illus., Raster, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Film; Cambridge Studies in Film
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Cultural Studies, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Films, cinema, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General