Visions of Development: Films Division of India and the Imagination of Progress, 1948-75 - Brossura

Sutoris, Peter

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ISBN 10: 1849045712 ISBN 13: 9781849045711

Casa editrice: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2016

Riassunto

Visions of Development examines the Indian state's postcolonial development ideology between Independence in 1947 and the Emergency of 1975- 77. Sutoris pioneers a novel methodology for the study of development thought and its cinematic representations, analysing films made by the Films Division of India, 1948-75. By comparing these documentaries to late-colonial films on 'progress,' his book highlights continuities with and departures from colonial notions of development in modern India. It is the first scholarly volume to be published on the history of Indian documentary film. Of the approximately 250 documentaries analysed by Peter Sutoris, many of which have never been discussed in the existing literature, most are concerned with economic planning and industrialisation, large dams, family planning, schemes aimed at the integration of tribal peoples (Adivasis) into society, and civic education. Films Division has made all films analysed in this volume available for free online streaming, which will be accessible through their site as well as a companion website released on publication of the book.

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Recensione:

'Through the original prism of film documentaries, this captivating book sheds new light on the continuities and contrasts between economic policies in colonial and independent India.' --Jean Dréze, Honorary Professor, Delhi School of Economics

'Peter Sutoris has written an extremely well researched account of the evolution of the Indian documentary and its role in projecting 'Visions of Development' during the Nehruvian and the post-Nehruvian eras of contemporary Indian history.' --Shyam Benegal

'In this important book, Peter Sutoris provides a richly detailed account and astute analysis of documentary film-making as a feature of India's national development regime during early decades of state planning. Using sources from previously untapped archives and insights from several disciplines, he shows how state programs and programming designed from above on lines inherited from India's imperial past came to include voices from below that would help to propel India's development regime into the age of globalization.' --David Ludden, Professor of History, New York University

L'autore:

Peter Sutoris, born in Slovakia, is a scholar of development, a documentary filmmaker and an educator. He is the director and producer of The Undiscovered Country, a film about education, development and environmental degradation in the Marshall Islands. He has lived and worked in South Asia, the Pacific, the Balkans and South Africa. A History graduate of Dartmouth College, he is currently a PhD candidate and Gates Scholar at the Education Faculty of Cambridge University. His current research focuses on cross-cultural scalability of development interventions, with a focus on environmental education programs.

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• Editore: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1849045712
• ISBN 13: 9781849045711
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 256