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082	0	0	_a324.254072095482 PAN
100	1		_aPandian, M. S. S., _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aImage trap: M.G. Ramachandran in film and politics / _cM.S.S. Pandian.
246			_aThe image trap: M.G. Ramachandran in film and politics
260			_aLos Angeles ; _bSAGE Publications, _c2015
300			_axix, 162 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c23 cm
500			_aShanti Books 8429/04 Rs.895/-
505	0		_aThe image trap -- Appendix I: A brief chronology of MGR's life, 1917-87 -- Appendix II: MGR's filmography -- Appendix III: Electoral performance of the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu.
520	2		_a"Social scientists in India have made substantial headway in understanding forms of counter-hegemonic politics of the subaltern classes (lower caste/poor people). However, there is little analysis of how the ruling elite produce consent for their domination and hegemony from the subaltern classes whom they make use of. The author takes this as a point of departure and explores subaltern consciousness under conditions of hegemony. This is done through a detailed study of the immense popularity enjoyed by the late M.G. Ramachandran (MGR), the film actor-cum-politician of Tamil Nadu, among the subaltern classes whose interests he constantly and blatantly violated. The book begins by delineating the cultural elements which were meticulously mobilised to constitute a stereotypical cinematic persona of MGR. Accounting for the success of this cinematic persona among the subaltern classes, the book details how the elements that went into the making of MGR's film persona were a selective appropriation of the cultural idioms of the subalterns themselves. The book further analyses how the cinematic persona of MGR was encoded as though it represented the political persona of MGR. This was done by means of what Pandian terms as 'constructed biographies' which were popular narratives that ingeniously present what was cinematic as real. A special feature of the book is its engagement with MGR's popularity, both as an actor and a politician, with women. Knowingly crossing disciplinary boundaries, the book offers itself to political scientists, historians of the contemporary, and scholars of film studies, popular culture and gender studies"--Provided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aRamaccantiran, Em. Ji., _d1917-1987 _xPublic opinion.
650		0	_aPolitics and culture _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPopular culture _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aMotion pictures _xPolitical aspects _zIndia _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPublic opinion _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aHegemony _xSocial aspects _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aPoliticians _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _vBiography.
650		0	_aActors _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _vBiography.
651		0	_aTamil Nadu (India) _xPolitics and government _y20th century.
651		0	_aTamil Nadu (India) _xSocial conditions _y20th century.
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