Visions of Development : Films Division of India and the Imagination of Progress, 1948-75

Peter Sutoris

ISBN 10: 0190608323 / ISBN 13: 9780190608323

Published by Hurst & Co. Aug 2016, 2016

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Neuware - Visions of Development analyses both the continuities in and departures from colonial ideologies for development in India in 1948-75. Utilizing the novel methodology of film analysis of government-sponsored documentary films from the period, it focuses on economic planning and industrialisation, large dams, family planning, integration of tribal peoples (Adivasis) into society, and civic education.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visions of Development : Films Division of India and the Imagination of Progress, 1948-75
• Publisher: Hurst & Co. Aug 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0190608323
• ISBN 13: 9780190608323
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 139H x 22D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 139 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 486 grams

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Synopsis

Visions of Development examines the Indian state's postcolonial development ideology between Independence in 1947 and the Emergency of 1975-77. Sutoris pioneers a novel methodology for the study of development thought and its cinematic representations, analysing films made by the Films Division of India between 1948 and 1975. By comparing these documentaries to late-colonial films on 'progress', his book highlights continuities with and departures from colonial notions of development in modern India. It is the first scholarly volume to be published on the history of Indian documentary film. Of the approximately 250 documentaries analysed by Peter Sutoris, many of which have never been discussed in the existing literature, most are concerned with economic planning and industrialisation, large dams, family planning, schemes aimed at the integration of tribal peoples (Adivasis) into society, and civic education.

Almost all films analysed in this volume are available for free online viewing through the website of the Films Division. Links are provided on the companion website www.visionsofdevelopment.com.

About the Author

Peter Sutoris, born in Slovakia, is a scholar of development, a documentary filmmaker and an educator. He is the director and producer of The Undiscovered Country, a film about education, development and environmental degradation in the Marshall Islands. He has lived and worked in South Asia, the Pacific, the Balkans and South Africa. A History graduate of Dartmouth College, he is currently a PhD candidate and Gates Scholar at the Education Faculty of Cambridge University. His current research focuses on cross-cultural scalability of development interventions, with a focus on environmental education programs.