Cinema and International Relations Hardcover

The author has attempted a wide scope academic work in the form of a Book which is populated by the Cinematic portrayals of Hindi Mainstream Cinema and Hollywood in general and how these Cinema constructs enhance or curtail the references to India’s and American Foreign Policy. The Book too explores the optimistic confines of nationalism and isms such as patriotism and elaborates upon how these twin discourses have been filmed by the Indian and American Mainstream Cinema. As an instance, the changing arguments and depictions in Indian movies of the order of Gadar, Thanaji, Bhuj, Border, LOC and Padmavat get a detailed rendering in the content of the work. The author makes a point that since the last decade special strivings have been attempted by the mainstream Cinema in India to ponder over the lore of Indian warriors, soldiers through the ambit of classical epics and the seldom attempted genre of war movies. The American scenario has been developed keeping in mind the genre of American superheroes and the wars indulged in by the United States of America. The Book captures the genre of war movies and refers to the proud culture and historicity of the nation through Cinematic representations which is in itself a noble venture in academics. How the Cinema has portrayed Indian wars since the 1949 skirmish with Pakistan, forms a central concern of the narrative. The work adds on to the notion of values and national interest as portrayed through mainstream Cinema both in India and United States of America. Contents : 1. Cinema and International Relations: The Reflective Meme 2. How the Cinematic Inferences Matter 3. War Cinema and its Catchy Antics: An Endeavor in Propagating National Interest 4. Why Nationalistic Portrayals are the Panacea 5. History of Cinema: How the Phantasmagoria developed? 6. Further On Cinema and the Tenet of the Nation State 7. James Bond and the Portrayal of International Politics 8. The Genre of War Movies.