Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-299) and indexes.
Contents:
Introduction -- Tracing colonial documentary, 1926-46 -- The emergence of the films division: institutional roots and tensions -- Cinematic imagining of the new Indian citizen -- 'Our industrial age': planning, industrialisation and large dams -- Films division's transient outliers, 1965-c.1973 -- Concluding reflections: visions of development.
Summary:
"Visions of Development examines the Indian state's postcolonial development ideology between Independence in 1947 and the Emergency of 1975- 77. Sutoris pioneers a novel methodology for the study of development thought and its cinematic representations, analyzing films made by the Films Division of India, 1948-75. By comparing these documentaries to late-colonial films on "progress," his book highlights continuities with and departures from colonial notions of development in modern India. It is the first scholarly volume to be published on the history of Indian documentary film. Of the approximately 250 documentaries analyzed by Peter Sutoris, many of which have never been discussed in the existing literature, most are concerned with economic planning and industrialization, large dams, family planning, schemes aimed at the integration of tribal peoples (Adivasis) into society, and civic education. Films Division has made all films analyzed in this volume available for free online streaming through the website of the Films Division." --back cover.
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