Cut-Pieces: Celluloid Obscenity and Popular Cinema in Bangladesh
Cut-Pieces: Celluloid Obscenity and Popular Cinema in Bangladesh By Lotte Hoek
2013 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0231162898 | PDF | 3 MB
2013 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0231162898 | PDF | 3 MB
This title explores the shadowy world of the short, pornographic cut-piece clips that appear in some films in Bangladesh and examines their place in South Asian film culture. It provides a portrait of the production, consumption and cinematic pleasures of stray celluloid and shines a light on Bangladesh's state-owned film industry and popular practices of the obscene. The book also reframes conceptual approaches to South Asian cinema and film culture, drawing on media anthropology to decode the cultural contradictions of Bangladesh since the 1990s.