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Liberal Studies
The Liberal Studies journal is a trans-disciplinary bi-annual journal of the School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, INDIA. Each issue of the journal amalgamates research articles, expert opinions, and book reviews on various strands to inquire about contemporary world concerns. Vol. 7, Issue 1, January-June 2022 ISSN 2688-9374 (Online) ISSN 2455-9857 (Print) OCLC No: 1119390574
Ecodisaster Imaginaries in India
Ecodisaster Imaginaries in India: Essays in Critical Perspectives is a volume of critical essays that discuss and debate the literary and cultural representations of ecological/environmental disaster in India from the perspectives that are integral to postcolonial disaster studies and the environmental humanities. The essays offer theoretically informed readings of environmental fiction, nonfiction, and poetry among other contemporary literary genres that open our eyes to today’s burning issues of global warming, climate change, pollution of air and water bodies, deforestation, and species extinction. The volume addresses the staunch ecological consciousness reflected in Rabindranath Tagore’s writings from the early twentieth century, indigenous responses to ecodisaster, and the portrayal of ecodisaster in selected Indian movies which raise questions of human rights violations in the face of manmade disaster and environmental crisis.
Cities and Protests
The world has witnessed many protests in recent years over a range of issues, from climate change and rights of marginalized communities to threats to democracy or the rise of fundamentalism. This collection explores how any particular city (usually the capital of a nation) participates in, and provides answers and closure (or not) to, the issue and its protesters, negotiating both their identities and its own.
The Routledge Handbook of Indian Indie Cinema
This handbook offers a critical introduction to Indian Indie cinema, exploring its subversion of dominant ideas, aesthetics and narratives; its inclusion of marginal and alternative experiences and ideologies; its relationship with audiences; and its defiance of norms followed by commercial Bollywood cinema. It takes a critical look at independent and alternative films in India that cover a wide range of genres, regions, textual forms and languages. These films may be regional, experimental in style or feature innovative and timely sociopolitical interventions. The handbook contextualises this cinema historically and addresses the key issues concerning its significance. A definitive guide to...
Science Fiction in India
Shortlisted for the British Society for Literature and Science (BSLS) Book Prize 2023 Nominated, 2023 Teaching Literature Book Award Indian Science Fiction has evolved over the years and can be seen making a mark for itself on the global scene. Dalit speculative fiction writer and editor Mimi Mondal is the first SF writer from India to have been nominated for the prestigious Hugo award. In fact, Indian SF addresses themes such as global climate change. Debates around G.C.C are not just limited to science fiction but also permeate in critical discussions on SF. This volume seeks to examine the different ways by which Indian SF narratives construct possible national futures. For this looking f...
Bollywood and the First Decade of Independence
"This book focuses on the cinema of the 1950s in India and analyses the work of seven filmmakers from mainstream Hindi cinema and how they responded to the independent Indian nation after 1947. The selection of key filmmakers instead of cinema in general shows individual trajectories within cinema. The book examines the change in preoccupations or representations in the work of a single filmmaker, followed by an interpretation about the meaning of those representations. The filmmakers were very prolific and their work was commercially successful. Each chapter studies five or six selected films of each filmmaker and also include some relevant biographical details. The book demonstrates that each filmmaker uses their own strategies to address independent India of the 1950s and how Hindu cinema interrogated the nation-state. A novel contribution to Indian cinema, especially Hindi cinema, during formative years of the 1950s, this book will be of interest to researchers in Film Studies, Gender Studies, Political Science and History, as well as South Asian society and culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Failed Masculinities
The first comprehensive study of men and masculinity in the cinema of Satyajit Ray.
Failed Masculinities
The first comprehensive study of men and masculinity in the cinema of Satyajit Ray. • Links Ray’s male characters with India’s national trajectory in its early post-independence years. • Interrogates the director’s standing as a national filmmaker. • Situates Ray within post-colonial filmmaking and realist cinema traditions. Satyajit Ray belonged to a category of filmmakers and artists from newly independent countries whose work was used to define ‘national culture’. Failed Masculinities: The Men in Satyajit Ray’s Films argues that a study of his films will give us a purchase on the moral trajectory of India in its first few decades of independence, particularly through examination of his male characters and their narratives. Films discussed by Sanyal include the Apu Trilogy, Shakha Prasakha, Ghare Baire and Kapurush.
Aparna Sen
Aparna Sen: A Life in Cinema delves into Sen's cinematic world, tracing the evolution of her women protagonists as they navigate love, loneliness, power and identity. Her films--36 Chowringhee Lane, Paroma, Mr. and Mrs. Iyer, Paromitar Ek Din, and many more--offer intimate yet radical portrayals of women, challenging cinematic conventions and redefining representation in Indian cinema.
