Reading Bhadralok Cultural Memory, Kitsch And Culture Industry In Ritwik Ghatak’s Films

The paper problematizes Ghatak’s Marxist treatment of the Bengali as well as the Brahmanical repertoire of cultural knowledge, for the purpose of carving out a Communist significance of the period. Rather than a recontextualization of traditional myths, the paper reads in this attitude a nostalgic...

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Main Author: Sarbani Banerjee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Pittsburgh 2023-12-01
Series:CINEJ Cinema Journal
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Online Access:http://cinej.pitt.edu/ojs/cinej/article/view/422