Celluloid deities
Subtitle: the visual culture of cinema and politics in South India
By: Preminda Jacob.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 305
ISBN-13: 9780739110607; 9780739131305
Subjects: Commercial art -- India -- Madras; Painted signs and signboards -- India -- Madras; Graphic art -- Social aspects -- India -- Madras; Graphic art -- Political aspects -- India -- Madras; Art and society -- India -- Madras
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Of painters, politicians, and film stars; title: Chennai's banner industry: artists and their methods; title: Cooperation and conflict in Chennai's visual culture: financiers, artists and their audiences; title: Tamil cinema: history, celebrities, genres; title: Cine signs: semiotics of Chennai's cinema banners; title: Coalescence of Tamil nationalism and the cinema industry; title: Political cutout: celebrity and cult in Tamil Nadu; title: Darshan and cinematic spectatorship; title: Future of Chennai's visual culture.