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Paperback. In this captivating study of Sabu, the first Indian to become an international film star, Michael Lawrence charts the historical, political, cultural and technological contexts of Sabu's career and explores how his association with the "exotic" reflected contemporary attitudes to "the East" and led to an underestimation of his agency as an actor. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 202.
The first Indian to become an international film star, Sabu rose to fame as a child actor in Elephant Boy (1937), and subsequently appeared in a succession of British pictures before relocating to Hollywood, where he died in 1963. Repeatedly cast in orientalist extravaganzas and jungle thrillers, he was associated with the 'exotic' and the 'primitive' in ways that reflected contemporary attitudes towards India and 'the East' more generally.
In this captivating study, Michael Lawrence explores the historical, political, cultural contexts of Sabu's popularity as a star, and considers the technological and industrial shifts that shaped his career ... Read more
The first Indian to become an international film star, Sabu rose to fame as a child actor in Elephant Boy (1937), and subsequently appeared in a succession of British pictures before relocating to Hollywood, where he died in 1963. Repeatedly cast in orientalist extravaganzas and jungle thrillers, he was associated with the 'exotic' and the 'primitive' in ways that reflected contemporary attitudes towards India and 'the East' more generally.
In this captivating study, Michael Lawrence explores the historical, political, cultural contexts of Sabu's popularity as a star, and considers the technological and industrial shifts that shaped his career ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844574551
SKU
V9781844574551
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Ref
99-5
About Michael Lawrence
Michael Lawrence is Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Sussex, UK.
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