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Failed Masculinities: The Men in Satyajit Ray’s Films

By Devapriya Sanyal

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2023
ISBN
9781399511162
DOI
10.1515/9781399511162
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4129146 bytes)
Pages
184\184
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-21 22:54:04

Description

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 yearsInterrogates the director's standing as a national filmmakerSituates 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.

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