Is There Anyone Out There?: Exhibition and the Formation of Silent Film Audiences in South India PDF
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THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE? EXHIBITION AND THE FORMATION OF SILENT FILM AUDIENCES IN SOUTH INDIA A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE DIVISION OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY BY STEPHEN PUTNAHJQGHES ,/ CHICAGO, ILLINOIS DECEMBER 1996 Google Orig in al from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNI lruaber: 9711189 tJMI Microlora 9711119 rf&bls Copyript 1997, by tJMI Ccapuy. All rem,ed. Tllis mJcrororm editioe is procected apfnst -.udlwiz:ed copyiac nder Tide 17, Ualled Slates Code. UMI 3GO Nor1la 7Mb Road Allll Arbor-, Ml 41103 Google Original from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN This is an authorized facsimile, made from the microfilm master copy of the original dissertation or master thesis published by UMI. The bibliographic information for this thesis is contained in UMI's Dissertation Abstracts database, the only central source for accessing almost every doctoral dissertation accepted in North America since 1861. Dissertation Services A Bell & Howell Company 300 Nor1h Zeeb Road P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1346 1-800-521-0600 734-761-4700 http://wwti.bellhowell.infoleamfng.com Printed In 2001 by digital JCllr09(IPhic prooesa on acid-fnle paper OPPT Google Original from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - Google Orig in al from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - . INFORMATION TO USERS This ,.,,,...Klipt bu bew reproduced fi"om the mianfi1m rmsm. UMI orisiml films the tat directly lom the or copy PJbwittcJ. Thus, IOllle thesis ud dissertation copies are in t,pewaitw &ce, while ochers may be &om any type of c:oqJUtCr printer. TIie qaelfty of tkil npndlldioll is die qulity of die depe■deat ■poa copy nb•itted. Broken or indiaine:t print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photosiapbl, print bleedtbrougb, substandard margins, and improper 1li3umat can adversely aff"ect ..,oduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and these n missina pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material bad to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. Oversize materials (e.g.,, map\ drawinp. clmts) are reproduced by b«cinnina sectioning the origim1, at the upper left-hand co.ner and continuing fi"om left to right in equal sections with wall overlaps. Each original is also photographed in one exposure and is included in reduced form at the back oft he book. oriainaJ Photographs included in the manusc:ript bave been reproduced xerograpbic:ally in this copy. Higher quality fl' x 9" blade and white photographic prints are available for any photographs or illustntiom appearing in this copy for m additional charge. Contact UM[ directly to order. A Bell A Bar ill lnfiAeoeNII 0,mpeny 300 Nardi Ze&b ROid, ._ Alllor Ml 41106-1346 USA 313/761-4700 800/521~ G l Original from e 0 0 8 Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Google Original from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - - Copyright O 1996 by Stephen Putnam Hughes All rights reserved ii Google Original from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Simply for Sarah iii Google Orig in al from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN TABLE OF CONTENTS ACANOWLEDGME:NTS-----------------·--- V • ABSTRACT---------------------- l.X Chapters I. CULTURAL FORMATIONS OF SILENT FILM-GOING IN SOUTH INDIA.._ __,,,_ ,_,_,,,_,_, 1 II. BEGINNINGS OF CINEMA IN THE MADRAS: EUROPEAN ENTERTAINMENT AND TOURING CINEMAS,_ 26 III. MARKETING PERMANENT CINEMA IN MADRAS, ____ 53 IV. POLICING FRONTIERS OF SILENT FILM: THE EXHIBITION SPACES AND THE FORMATION OF OFFICIAL CINEMA POLICIES--------- 107 V. CORRELATING SILENT FILMS WITH SOUTH INDIAN AUDIENCE$, _________ 150 VI. INVESTIGATING THE CINEMA MENACE BY COMMITT'TTEEE.-----------·----- 198 VII. CONVENTIONS OF FILM-GOING·- - - - - - - - 241 THE BIBLIOGRAPH"/. _________________,, _ _,, _,... ___ --·-·-· 2 61 . l.V Google Orig in al from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Many people over the years helped me at different stages of my work on this dissertation. Foremost among them are K. Paramasivam, A. K. Ramanujan and Roja Huthiah, who each in their own ways as teachers and through one brief encounter profoundly shaped the course of my research even though they did not live to see its completion. P. G. Sundararajan was also especially generous with sharing his time, ideas and life which provided me with a continual source of great inspiration and lively discussion during my research in India. In India I received great hospitality and support from many institutions, teachers, colleagues and friends without whom my research would not have been possible. I was provided various institutional help from the University of Madras, Madurai Kamaraj University, the Tamil Nadu State Archives, the National Film Archive of India, the Nehru Memorial Library, the Madras Institute of Development V Google Orig in al from Digitized by UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - •
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