| Satyajit Ray: In Search of the Modern Contributor(s): Ganguly, Suranjan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810859009 ISBN-13: 9780810859005 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $65.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2007 Annotation: Suranjan Ganguly's book examines in depth 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Filmmakers |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.01" W x 8.86" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |