ABSTRACT
Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India’s largest film industries. Since its inception a century ago, Tamil cinema has undergone major transformations, and today it stands as a foremost cultural institution that profoundly shapes Tamil culture and identity. This book investigates the structural, ideological, and societal cleavages that continue to be reproduced, new ideas, modes of representation and narratives that are being created, and the impact of new technologies on Tamil cinema. It advances a critical interdisciplinary approach that challenges the narratives of Tamil cinema to reveal the social forces at work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|50 pages
Caste
chapter 1|17 pages
Contested narratives
part 2|78 pages
Gender
chapter 5|15 pages
Redefining the mass hero
chapter 6|16 pages
White is the new brown
chapter 8|15 pages
Religiously middle class
part 3|64 pages
Technology