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Failed Masculinities

The Men in Satyajit Ray's Films

Devapriya Sanyal author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Published:25th Apr '23

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The first comprehensive study of men and masculinity in the cinema of Satyajit Ray Links Ray's male characters with India's national trajectory in its early post-independence years Interrogates the director's standing as a national filmmaker Situates Ray within post-colonial filmmaking and realist cinema traditions Satyajit Ray belonged to a category of filmmakers and artists from newly independent countries whose work was used to define 'national culture'. Failed Masculinities: The Men in Satyajit Ray's Films argues that a study of his films will give us a purchase on the moral trajectory of India in its first few decades of independence, particularly through examination of his male characters and their narratives. Films discussed by Sanyal include the Apu Trilogy, Shakha Prasakha, Ghare Baire and Kapurush.

"Sanyal draws some fascinating conclusions when reviewing the different kinds of ineffectual males populating Satyajit Ray's films from the 1950s to the early 1990s. Notions of modernity and nationhood intersect with masculinity to illuminate this historically contextualised study in which women whether strong or subjugated play a critical role too." -Martin Shingler, author of Diana Dors: Film Star and Actor

ISBN: 9781399511148

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184 pages