Muslim Culture in Indian Cinema

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Cinema is a fairly accurate reflector of the political trends and of presence in public spaces that affect personal lives. It captures the changing graph of social space as well as that of individual anxiety.

Muslim Culture in Indian Cinema brings together in depth explorations of the various facets of Muslim life and culture as they are woven into collective histories. The volume takes into its range more than sixty years of cinematic presentation moves into past histories through films like Mughal e Azam and Shatranj ke Khiladi analyses personal relationships and seeks to deconstruct and consider larger issues such as language music and poetry.

The excerpts from Saeed Mirza’s Ammi touch upon several sensitive and significant issues while Anisur Rahman presents a perceptive overview of the intricacies of cultural representation. Qawallis sufi philosophy language partition divided families courtesans and Muslim personal law are some of the issues that are explored through cinematic representations nudging our memories as a reminder of our collective heritage. Together the essays open out multifarious dimensions for further exploration both for the expert and the novice.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jasbir Jain

Jasbir Jain, writer and critic, Emeritus Fellow, university of Rajasthan, has worked extensively on the Indian novel. Amongst her recent publications are Women in Patriarchy and gendered realities, Human Spaces: The present work is third in a series of writings on the Indian novel and covers the post-independence period. Currently, she is working on the indigenous roots of feminism.

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Title
Muslim Culture in Indian Cinema
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788131604687
Length
xii+228p., Index; 22cm.
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