Abstract
This chapter opposes the 'regionalization' of Tamil cinema and traces the transnational flows of Tamil cinema that are asymptotic with those of Hindi. Defining Tamil cinema as 'a cinema in motion', the chapter provides a fascinating glimpse into the different forms of sociality it has produced historically and spatially. The new forms of sociality produced by cinemas in Tamil interrupt the ideology of the Hindi film and the conceptualization of the nation state.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Travels of Bollywood Cinema |
| Subtitle of host publication | from Bombay to LA |
| Editors | Anjali Gera Roy, Chua Beng Huat |
| Place of Publication | New Delhi; Oxford |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 164-182 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199081523 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780198075981 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- Ideology of hindi film
- Nation state
- Regionalization
- Sociality
- Tamil cinema
- Transnational flows