Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Satyajit Ray’s Films, his Men and the Inscription of the Nation
- 1 The Colonial and the Premodern: Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Jalsaghar and Devi
- 2 An Uncertain India: Early Nationalism in Charulata and Ghare Baire
- 3 Breaking with the Past: The Apu Trilogy
- 4 ‘For all we have and are’: The Post-Independence Bourgeoisie in Kanchenjungha and Kapurush
- 5 The Hollow Men: The Complacent ‘Achiever’ in Nayak, Aranyer Din Ratri and Seemabaddha
- 6 Trying Times: Aspiration and Failure in Kanchenjunga, Mahanagar, Pratidwandi and Jana Aranya
- 7 At Odds with the Nation: Joy Baba Felunath, Hirak Rajar Deshe and Sadgati
- 8 ‘An Essay on Man’: The Wise Person in Ganashatru, Shakha Prosakha and Agantuk
- Conclusion: Moving Away from the Nation
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 November 2023
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Satyajit Ray’s Films, his Men and the Inscription of the Nation
- 1 The Colonial and the Premodern: Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Jalsaghar and Devi
- 2 An Uncertain India: Early Nationalism in Charulata and Ghare Baire
- 3 Breaking with the Past: The Apu Trilogy
- 4 ‘For all we have and are’: The Post-Independence Bourgeoisie in Kanchenjungha and Kapurush
- 5 The Hollow Men: The Complacent ‘Achiever’ in Nayak, Aranyer Din Ratri and Seemabaddha
- 6 Trying Times: Aspiration and Failure in Kanchenjunga, Mahanagar, Pratidwandi and Jana Aranya
- 7 At Odds with the Nation: Joy Baba Felunath, Hirak Rajar Deshe and Sadgati
- 8 ‘An Essay on Man’: The Wise Person in Ganashatru, Shakha Prosakha and Agantuk
- Conclusion: Moving Away from the Nation
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Failed MasculinitiesThe Men in Satyajit Ray's Films, pp. vPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2023