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Urban Mobility and the History of Cinema-Going in Chennai
| Title: | Urban Mobility and the History of Cinema-Going in Chennai | | Author: | Hughes, Stephen | | Publication: | Marg / Marg Publications | | Enumeration: | Vol.57 No. 4, June 2006, pp. 39–48 | | Abstract: | This essay considers the historical relationship between public transportation and film going in Chennai. It briefly plots the development of public transportation and then discusses its relation to the early history of film going in the city. In particular it compares how the introduction of the tram system coincided with the growth and success of cinema exhibition. Both opened up and institutionalized new kinds of public space allowing for greater mixing at close proximity among different castes, classes, and religious communities that would otherwise not normally interact. The essay argues that the success of the cinema in Chennai must, among other things, be understood in relation to the increasing and new possibilities of urban mobility. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher | | Tools: |
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