In Intimate Visualities and the Politics of Fandom in India, Gerritsen
explores the circulation of images of a movie star named Rajinikanth.
Cities and towns in the south Indian state Tamil Nadu are consistently
ornamented with huge billboards, murals and myriad posters featuring
political leaders as well as movie stars. A selective part of these
images is put up by their fan clubs. Tamil movie fans typically
manifest themselves by putting up images of their star in public
spaces and by generating a plethora of images in their homes.
Gerritsen argues that these images are a crucial part of the everyday
affective modes of engagement with family members and film stars but
they are also symbolizing the political realm in which fans situate
themselves. At the same time, Gerritsen shows how these image
productions seem to concur with other visual regimes articulated in
government restrictions, world class imaginaries and upper class
moralities as presented on India's urban streets.
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9781040791950
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2025
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Taylor & Francis
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Engelsk
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