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Censorium: Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity
William Mazzarella
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Description for Censorium: Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity
Paperback. Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity. 296 pages. At the intersection of anthropology, media studies, and critical theory, Censorium is a pathbreaking analysis of Indian film censorship. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FKA; APF; JFD; JFMD. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 20. Weight: 434.
In the world of globalized media, provocative images trigger culture wars between traditionalists and cosmopolitans, between censors and defenders of free expression. But are images censored because of what they mean, what they do, or what they might become? And must audiences be protected because of what they understand, what they feel, or what they might imagine?
In the world of globalized media, provocative images trigger culture wars between traditionalists and cosmopolitans, between censors and defenders of free expression. But are images censored because of what they mean, what they do, or what they might become? And must audiences be protected because of what they understand, what they feel, or what they might imagine?
At the intersection of anthropology, media studies, and critical theory, Censorium is a pathbreaking analysis of Indian film censorship. The book encompasses two moments of moral panic: the consolidation of the cinema in the 1910s and 1920s, and the global avalanche of images ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822353881
SKU
V9780822353881
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About William Mazzarella
William Mazzarella is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Shoveling Smoke: Advertising and Globalization in Contemporary India, also published by Duke University Press, and coeditor (with Raminder Kaur) of Censorship in South Asia: Cultural Regulation From Sedition to Seduction.
Reviews for Censorium: Cinema and the Open Edge of Mass Publicity
"As a system of regulation behind mass publicity, censorship stands at a scholarly impasse, often arbitrary in its exercise and yet seemingly consensual in its popular outcomes. William Mazzarella fills major lacunae in the existing literature on censorship by his incisive analysis of the cultural forms of censorship across colonial and postcolonial periods. This is an important addition to the ... Read more