Satyajit Ray is usually credited with ushering modernity into the tradition-bound Indian Cinema. Suranjan Ganguly's book examines six of Ray's major films focusing on issues such as human subjectivity, the importance of education, the emancipation of women, the rise of the new middle class, and the crisis of identity in post-Independence India. He provides close readings of the following films: Pather Panchali (1955), Aparajito (1956), Apur Sansar (1959), Charulata (1964), Aranyer Din Ratri (1970), and Pratidwandi (1970).
All six films relate to Ray's interest in how a culture acquires a composite, hybrid shape through the fusion of history and modernity. By placing Ray's films within the socio-historical and cultural contexts of Indian modernity, Ganguly offers a radically different approach, which will enable Western readers to engage more fully with the filmmaker's work.
| ISBN: | 9780810859005 |
| Publication date: | 3rd February 2007 |
| Author: | Suranjan Ganguly |
| Publisher: | The Scarecrow Press an imprint of Scarecrow Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Filmmakers Series |
| Genres: |
Film history, theory or criticism Individual film directors, film-makers |
Satyajit Ray is usually credited with ushering modernity into the tradition-bound Indian Cinema. Suranjan Ganguly's book examines six of Ray's major films focusing on issues such as human subjectivity, the importance of education, the emancipation of women, the rise of the new middle class, and the crisis of identity in post-Independence India.
Satyajit Ray features in the following genres: Film history, theory or criticism, Individual film directors, film-makers
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Satyajit Ray was written by Suranjan Ganguly and published by The Scarecrow Press an imprint of Scarecrow Press
Satyajit Ray has 208 pages
Yes it is part of Filmmakers Series series