MARC details
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| fixed length control field |
03095nam a22003017a 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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| control field |
20150617160717.0 |
| 010 ## - LCCN (DPL NO) |
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| LC control number |
ENG-113055 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9789351500667 |
| Terms of availability |
645.00 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
EN-96587 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
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| Source of stock number/acquisition |
DBAD/PUB |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
324.254072095482 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The image trap : |
| Remainder of title |
M.G. Ramachandran in film and politics / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
by M.S.S. Pandian |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Sage Publications |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2015 |
| 270 ## - ADDRESS |
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| Address |
B1/I-1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road, |
| City |
New Delhi |
| Postal code |
110044 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xix,162p. |
| Dimensions |
22cm(Hb) |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
The 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 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"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 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Rāmaccantiran̲, Em. Ji., |
| Dates associated with a name |
1917-1987 |
| General subdivision |
Public opinion. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Politics and culture |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| -- |
Tamil Nadu |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Popular culture |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| -- |
Tamil Nadu |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Motion pictures |
| General subdivision |
Political aspects |
| -- |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Public opinion |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| -- |
Tamil Nadu |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Hegemony |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects |
| -- |
History |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| -- |
Tamil Nadu |
| Chronological subdivision |
20th century. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Politicians |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| -- |
Tamil Nadu |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Actors |
| Geographic subdivision |
India |
| -- |
Tamil Nadu |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Item type |
English Books |
| Call number suffix |
PAN |
