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The Epic Cinema of Kumar Shahani

The Epic Cinema of Kumar Shahani

Laleen Jayamanne

Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Jayamanne, Laleen. The epic cinema of Kumar Shahani / Laleen Jayamanne. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index.
Toward Cinema and Its Double: Cross-cultural Mimesis

Toward Cinema and Its Double: Cross-cultural Mimesis

Laleen Jayamanne

This collection contains work done over a span of 20 years, and rather than try to efface this time of writing by (re)presenting everything from a single, achieved final viewpoint, it demonstrates the way Jayamanne's own thoughts about film ...
Kiss Me Deadly: Feminism and Cinema for the Moment

Kiss Me Deadly: Feminism and Cinema for the Moment

Laleen Jayamanne

These essays break with many of the givens of traditional feminist film theory and examine the work of directors outside the canon, including Kathryn Bigelow, Jane Campion, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and Martin Scorsese.
The Cambridge Companion to the Modern Gothic

The Cambridge Companion to the Modern Gothic

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Jayamanne, Toward Cinema and Its Double, p. 41. See Harriet Margolis, “ Introduction: 'A Strange Heritage': From Colonization to Transformation?,” in Jane Campion's The Piano, ed. Harriet Margolis (Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp.

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