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9780415468374

The Multiplex in India: A Cultural Economy of Urban Leisure

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415468374

  • ISBN10:

    041546837X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-02-01
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

During the decade of its existence in India, the multiplex cinema has been very much a sign of the times “ both a symptom and a symbol of new social values. Indicative of a consistent push to create a globalised " consuming middle class and a new urban environment, multiplex theatres have thus become key sites in the long-running struggle over cultural legitimacy and the right to public space in Indian cities. This book provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the new leisure infrastructure arising at the intersection between contemporary trends in cultural practice and the spatial politics that are reshaping the cities of India. Exploring the significance, and convergence, of economic liberalisation, urban redevelopment and the media explosion in India, the book demonstrates an innovative approach towards the cultural and political economy of leisure in a complex and rapidly-changing society. Key arguments are supported by up-to-date and substantive field research in several major metros and second tier cities across India. Accordingly, this book employs analytical frameworks from Media and Cultural Studies, and from Urban Geography and Development Studies in a wide-ranging examination of the multiplex phenomenon.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Situating the Multiplex as a Research Object
From Cinema Hall to Multiplex: A Public History
Film Exhibition and the Economic Logic of the Multiplex
India Poised: Assessing the Geography of Opportunity
Location and Lifestyle: The Infrastructure of Urban Leisure
Spatial Politics of the Multiplex: An Environmental Model
Multiplex Films: The Constitution of a Taste Culture
A Decent Crowd : The Social Imagination of the Multiplex Public
Conclusion: The Multiplex and the Leisure Economy: Future Implications
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