Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Dedication v
3. CONTENTS ix
4. List of Illustrations xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Film Policy and Film Aesthetics as Cultural Archives 13
8. Part One. Imperial Governmentality
9. 2. Acts of Transition: The British Cinematograph Films Acts of 1927 and 1938 41
10. 3. Empire and Embarrassment: Colonial Forms of Knowledge about Cinema 65
11. Part Two. Imperial redemption
12. 4. Realism and Empire 107
13. 5. Romance and Empire 135
14. 6. Modernism and Empire 165
15. Part Three. Colonial autonomy
16. 7. Historical Romances and Modernist Myths in Indian Cinema 195
17. Notes 239
18. Bibliography 289
19. Index of Films 309
20. General Index 313