Intimate Visualities and the Politics of Fandom in India

This book is an ethnographic analysis of the familial life worlds of fans of a movie star named Rajinikanth as well as his appropriation into networks of patronage, praise and social mobility via images.

Auteur

Dr. Roos Gerritsen, institute of Anthropology, Heidelberg UniversityMost recent publication: Gerritsen, Roos. 2016. 'Intimacy on Display: Movie Stars, Images and Everyday Life in South India.' In: Visual Anthropology 29 (4-5): 382-405.

Contenu

Introduction1. Keeping in control: The figure of the fan in the Tamil film industry2. Intimacy on display: Movie stars, images, and everyday life3. Vexed Veneration: The politics of fandom4. Public intimacies and collective imaginaries5. Chennai Beautiful: Shifting urban landscapes and the politics of spectacleEpilogueReferencesIndex