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04167aam a2200469 i 4500 001 966157D20F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190103010119 008 180215t20182018msua bq 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018006723 020 $a 1496821165 020 $a 9781496821164 020 $a 149681911X 020 $a 9781496819116 035 $a (OCoLC)1027726061 040 $a MsSM/DLC/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCF $d BDX $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d IUL $d OBE $d YUS $d UKMGB $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a PN1995.9.W6 $b S574 2018 082 00 $a 791.4302/32092 $2 23 100 1 $a Singh, Amardeep, $d 1974- $e author. 245 14 $a The films of Mira Nair : $b diaspora veÌriteÌ / $c Amardeep Singh. 264 1 $a Jackson : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2018] 300 $a vii, 227 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220), filmography (pages 197-210) and index. 505 0 $a Mira Nair's diaspora veÌriteÌ -- "Our hearts and eyes are wide open" : Mira Nair's documentaries -- The aesthetics of disillusionment : Salaam Bombay! (1988) -- A tale of two "chunaris" : the critique of Bollywood in Monsoon Wedding (2001) -- Into the diasporic mixing bowl : Mississippi Masala (1991), The Perez Family (1995), and My Own Country (1998) -- Feminist period pieces : Vanity Fair (2004) and Kama Sutra : a tale of love (1996) -- "Every day since then has been a gift" : The Namesake (2006) -- "I had a Pakistani once" : The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) and Nair's post-9/11 short films -- "Where do you belong?" : returning to Uganda in Queen of Katwe (2016). 520 $a "The Films of Mira Nair presents the first, full-length scholarly study of her cinema. Nair has broken new ground as both a feminist filmmaker and an Indian filmmaker. Several of her works, especially those related to the South Asian diaspora, have been influential around the globe. Amardeep Singh delves into the complexities of Nair's films from 1981 to 2016, offering critical commentary on all of Mira Nair's major works, including her early documentary projects as well as shorts. The subtitle, "Diaspora VeÌriteÌ," alludes to Singh's primary theme: Nair's filmmaking project is driven aesthetically by her background in the documentary realist tradition (cinema veÌriteÌ) and thematically by her interest in the lives of migrants and diasporic populations. Mainly, Nair's filmmaking intends to document imaginatively the experiences of diasporic communities. Nair's focus on the diasporic appears in the long list of her films that have explored the subject, such as Mississippi Masala, So Far from India, Monsoon Wedding, The Perez Family, My Own Country, The Namesake, and The Reluctant Fundamentalist. However, a version of the diasporic sensibility also emerges even in films with an apparently different scope, such as Nair's adaptation of Thackeray's Vanity Fair. Nair began her career as a documentary filmmaker in the early 1980s. While Nair now has largely moved away from the documentary format in favor of making fictional feature films, Singh shows that a documentary realist style remains active in her subsequent fictional cinema."--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Nair, Mira $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Nair, Mira. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00209266 600 17 $a Nair, Mira $d 1957- $2 gnd 650 0 $a Motion picture producers and directors $x Women $z United States. 650 0 $a East Indian diaspora in motion pictures. 650 7 $a East Indian diaspora in motion pictures. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01903081 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a Film $2 gnd 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 776 08 $i Online version: $a Singh, Amardeep, 1974- $t Films of Mira Nair. $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2018] $z 9781496819123 $w (DLC) 2018010238 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191122013436.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190202013126.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=966157D20F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search