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Outside the Lettered City

- Cinema, Modernity, and the Public Sphere in Late Colonial India

About Outside the Lettered City

Outside the Lettered City traces how middle-class Indians responded to the rise of the cinema as a popular form of mass entertainment in early 20th century India, focusing on their preoccupation with the mass public made visible by the cinema and with the cinema's role as a public sphere and a mass medium of modernity.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9780199394395
  • Binding:
  • Paperback
  • Pages:
  • 248
  • Published:
  • November 11, 2015
  • Dimensions:
  • 210x142x14 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 286 g.
Delivery: 1-2 weeks
Expected delivery: December 13, 2024
Extended return policy to January 30, 2025

Description of Outside the Lettered City

Outside the Lettered City traces how middle-class Indians responded to the rise of the cinema as a popular form of mass entertainment in early 20th century India, focusing on their preoccupation with the mass public made visible by the cinema and with the cinema's role as a public sphere and a mass medium of modernity.

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