The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban LeisureRoutledge, 17 de dez. de 2009 - 256 páginas During the decade of its existence in India, the multiplex cinema has been very much a sign of the times – both a symptom and a symbol of new social values. Indicative of a consistent push to create a ‘globalised’ consuming middle class and a new urban environment, multiplex theatres have thus become key sites in the long-running struggle over cultural legitimacy and the right to public space in Indian cities. This book provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the new leisure infrastructure arising at the intersection between contemporary trends in cultural practice and the spatial politics that are reshaping the cities of India. Exploring the significance, and convergence, of economic liberalisation, urban redevelopment and the media explosion in India, the book demonstrates an innovative approach towards the cultural and political economy of leisure in a complex and rapidly-changing society. Key arguments are supported by up-to-date and substantive field research in several major metros and second tier cities across India. Accordingly, this book employs analytical frameworks from Media and Cultural Studies, and from Urban Geography and Development Studies in a wide-ranging examination of the multiplex phenomenon. |
Conteúdo
List of illustrations maps and tables viii | |
A public history 22 | |
Film exhibition and the economic logic of the multiplex 47 | |
Assessing the geography of opportunity 73 | |
The infrastructure of urban leisure 100 | |
An environmental model 128 | |
The social imagination of the multiplex public 161 | |
Screening the multiplex 190 | |
The multiplex and the leisure economy 213 | |
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The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban Leisure Adrian Athique,Douglas Hill Visualização parcial - 2009 |
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The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban Leisure Adrian Athique,Douglas Hill Prévia não disponível - 2010 |