{"id":1864,"date":"2015-09-28T10:14:19","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T18:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southasia.washington.edu\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2015-09-28T10:14:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-28T18:14:19","slug":"a-very-old-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/southasia\/news\/a-very-old-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Old Machine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/southasia.washington.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/51UyY82ShEL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1881\" src=\"http:\/\/southasia.washington.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/51UyY82ShEL-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"51UyY82ShEL\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>The Many Origins of the Cinema in India<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/complit.washington.edu\/people\/sudhir-mahadevan\">Sudhir Mahadevan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunypress.edu\/p-6120-a-very-old-machine.aspx\">State University of New York Press<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Year:<\/strong> 2015<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary:<\/strong>\u00a0In A Very Old Machine, Sudhir Mahadevan shows how Indian cinema\u2019s many origins in the technologies and practices of the nineteenth century continue to play a vital and broad function in its twenty-first-century present. He proposes that there has never been a singular cinema in India; rather, Indian cinema has been a multifaceted phenomenon that was (and is) understood, experienced, and present in everyday life in myriad ways. Employing methods of media archaeology, close textual analysis, archival research, and cultural theory, Mahadevan digs into the history of photography, print media, practices of piracy and showmanship, and contemporary everyday imaginations of the cinema to offer an understanding of how the cinema came to be such a dominant force of culture in India. The result is an open-ended and innovative account of Indian cinema\u2019s \u201cmany origins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSudhir Mahadevan\u2019s A Very Old Machine is a work of great theoretical sophistication and rigorous historical scholarship. A revisionist and definitive treatment of early Indian film, the book shows how prevailing attitudes toward technology, photography, empire, commodity, and mass culture made the cinema a socially and culturally distinct form in India. Drawing on a wealth of primary research, A Very Old Machine fills many gaps. Anyone who wants to know how Indian cinema became Indian will need to consult this book.\u201d \u2014 James Morrison, editor of Hollywood Reborn: Movie Stars of the 1970s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Many Origins of the Cinema in India Author: Sudhir Mahadevan Publisher: State University of New York Press Year: 2015 Summary:\u00a0In A Very Old Machine, Sudhir Mahadevan shows how Indian cinema\u2019s many origins in the technologies and practices of the nineteenth century continue to play a vital and broad function in its twenty-first-century present. 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