Abstract: The expanding circuits of film production, distribution and consumption in the 1930s accelerated and reinforced the existing industrial networks of Indian cinema. A crucial nexus between the cities- Bombay, Calcutta, Lahore and Madras emerged in this period. The trajectory of many performers overlapped the cinematic cities coalescing and creating a convergence of media circuits. The chapter explores the journey of the Miss Iris Maud Gasper nee Sabita Devi from Calcutta to Bombay. It mobilises the material regarding Sabita Devi's films to recuperate her body of work from the debris of archival amnesia. This chapter attempts to address the intersections between race, gender and performance enabled by the industrial networks of cinema.
Publication Year: 2020
Publication Date: 2020-12-13
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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