{"product_id":"mourning-the-nation-9780822344117","title":"Mourning the Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA work of film studies that traces how the traumatic Partition of India and Pakistan has been represented (or not represented) in Indian cinema from 1947 to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A thoroughly absorbing, beautifully written, and forcefully argued account, this book is a major contribution to the flourishing field of Indian film studies.” - Sumita S. Chakravarty, \u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is one of the most provocative books that has been published in recent years on Indian films.” - Pankaj Jain, \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and timely book that seeks to explore the impact of the 1947 partition of British India on Indian filmmaking. . . . On conclusion I felt that I had read something worthwhile, that has added to my knowledge of the Indian cinema and provided a new critical lens through which to gaze upon and think about the vibrant industry that is at last gaining a place in the critical arena. \u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e ensures this and is highly recommended.” - Brian Shoesmith, \u003ci\u003eScreening the Past\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Sarkar’s] study of Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition addresses not only Partition's impact upon, and representation in, Indian cinema, but also the concepts of nationhood, and of loss and mourning, with such acuity and vigour that . . . [it] is likely to impact well beyond the study of its specific subject. . . .[B]old and audacious. . . .” - Scott Jordan Harris, \u003ci\u003eScope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Sarkar’s bringing together Hindi (national) and Bengali (regional) films under\u003cbr\u003ethe rubric of mourning for Partition will make this book essential reading for South Asianists. . . . This is a landmark book within Partition studies. . . .” - Ananya Jahanara Kabir, \u003ci\u003eInterventions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e argues for the profound and lasting imprint left by Partition on India’s post-independence culture. Bhaskar Sarkar analyzes films for traces of broken families, dispersed lives, and restless destinies. Taking the reader along unconventional routes and settling on metaphorical sites for his excavation, he never produces less than stimulating arguments. And he provides the reader with a lively entry point for considering how current changes in the Indian economy and polity since globalization have brought some of these crucial issues back into public debate in distinctive ways.”—\u003cb\u003eRavi Vasudevan\u003c\/b\u003e, editor of \u003ci\u003eMaking Meaning in Indian Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Centered on the simultaneous repression and representation of India’s Partition, arguably the defining event of modern South Asian studies, \u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e provides the most sophisticated theoretical approach to Indian cinema to date. It will be impossible for future work on Indian popular culture not to reckon with Bhaskar Sarkar’s text, and its broadly suggestive discourse of mourning, loss, and trauma will extend its relevance to scholars from disciplines and areas with little direct interest in Indian film.”—\u003cb\u003eCorey K. Creekmur\u003c\/b\u003e, co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCinema, Law, and the State in Asia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e is an important and timely book that seeks to explore the impact of the 1947 partition of British India on Indian filmmaking. . . . On conclusion I felt that I had read something worthwhile, that has added to my knowledge of the Indian cinema and provided a new critical lens through which to gaze upon and think about the vibrant industry that is at last gaining a place in the critical arena. \u003ci\u003eMourning the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e ensures this and is highly recommended.” -- Brian Shoesmith * Screening the Past *\u003cbr\u003e“[Sarkar’s] study of Indian Cinema in the Wake of Partition addresses not only Partition's impact upon, and representation in, Indian cinema, but also the concepts of nationhood, and of loss and mourning, with such acuity and vigour that . . . [it] is likely to impact well beyond the study of its specific subject. . . .[B]old and audacious. . . .” -- Scott Jordan Harris * Scope *\u003cbr\u003e“A thoroughly absorbing, beautifully written, and forcefully argued account, this book is a major contribution to the flourishing field of Indian film studies.” -- Sumita S. Chakravarty * International Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e“Sarkar’s bringing together Hindi (national) and Bengali (regional) films under the rubric of mourning for Partition will make this book essential reading for South Asianists. . . . This is a landmark book within Partition studies. . . .” -- Ananya Jahanara Kabir * Interventions *\u003cbr\u003e“This is one of the most provocative books that has been published in recent years on Indian films.” -- Pankaj Jain * Journal of Asian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: National Cinema's Hermeneutic of Mourning 1\u003cbr\u003e Part I. A Resonant Silence \u003cbr\u003e 1. Cinema's Project of Nationhood 47\u003cbr\u003e 2. Runes of Laceration 88\u003cbr\u003e 3. Bengali Cinema: A Spectral Subnationality 125\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Return of the Repressed \u003cbr\u003e 4. Dispersed Nodes of Articulation 169\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ghatak, Melodrama, and the Restitution of Experience 200\u003cbr\u003e 6. \u003ci\u003eTamas\u003c\/i\u003e and the Limits of Representation 230\u003cbr\u003e 7. Mourning (Un)limited 259\u003cbr\u003e Coda: The Critical Enchantment of Mourning 299\u003cbr\u003e Notes 305\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 343\u003cbr\u003e Index 365","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406054728023,"sku":"9780822344117","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/mourning-the-nation-9780822344117","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}