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245			_aThe image trap : _bM.G. Ramachandran in film and politics / _cby M.S.S. Pandian
260			_aNew Delhi _bSage Publications _c2015
270			_aB1/I-1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road, _bNew Delhi _e110044
300			_axix,162p. _c22cm(Hb)
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_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			_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			_a Rāmaccantiran̲, Em. Ji., _d1917-1987 _xPublic opinion.
650			_aPolitics and culture _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _x History _y20th century
650			_a Popular culture _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _xHistory _y20th century.
650			_a Motion pictures _xPolitical aspects _xHistory _zIndia _y20th century.
650			_a Public opinion _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _xHistory _y20th century.
650			_a Hegemony _xSocial aspects _xHistory _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _y20th century.
650			_a Politicians _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _vBiography.
650			_aActors _zIndia _zTamil Nadu _vBiography.
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