by Selvaraj Velayutham (Editor), Vijay Devadas (Editor)
Tamil Cinema in the Twenty-First Century explores the current state of Tamil cinema, one of India's largest film industries. Since its inception a century ago, Tamil cinema has undergone major transformations, and today it stands as a foremost cultural institution that profoundly shapes Tamil culture and identity. This book investigates the structural, ideological, and societal cleavages that continue to be reproduced, new ideas, modes of representation and narratives that are being created, and the impact of new technologies on Tamil cinema. It advances a critical interdisciplinary approach that challenges the narratives of Tamil cinema to reveal the social forces at work.
Author Biography
Selvaraj Velayutham is Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Macquarie University, Australia.
Vijay Devadas is Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.