Acknowledgements
Preface
List of Abbreviation
List of Figures
List of Tables Chapter 1: Introduction
Toward the research problematics
Conceptual scheme
From "cultural subscription" to cultural distinction Cultural hegemony
Regional modernity as hegemony
Ethnographic setting
Field setting
Sampling and sample size
Data collection and analysis techniques
Hiatus in the fieldwork
Ethical considerations
Chapter outline
References
Chapter 2: From Partition to Hegemony: Bangladesh and Bangladeshi Films in the South Asian Context
Background
Bangladesh and its polemics with South Asia
Bangladesh's love-hate relationship with Indian film
Film circulation and viewership in colonial East Bengal Sound, "Islamicate" culture and the crossover appeal of Hindi films
Film circulation and viewership in East Pakistan
Film circulation and viewership in independent Bangladesh References
Filmography
Chapter 3: Ethnographic Fieldwork: The Self as an Informant and an Observer
Part one: Me as an informant
My film-watching epiphany
Film and my rural middle-class identity
Film and my urban middle-class identity
Part two: Me as an observer
Defining the field and the value of multi-sited ethnography
Entering into the field
Experience in the CD/DVD stores: A space between "native" and "non-native" Experience with the cable operators
Experience with the viewers
Conclusion
References
Filmography
Chapter 4: The Political Economy, Materiality and the Visceral Experience of Cable Television
Materiality of media and the creation of space
Background of cable TV in Bangladesh
Stages of circulation
The arrival of DTH and the creation of the own control room
Defining and controlling cable operators' areas
Roles of cable operators and their interactions with subscribers
Number of cable TV channels and films per week
Conclusion
References Chapter 5: The Cultural Economy of the CD/DVD Store and the Creation of Space
Background
The (re)production of CD/DVDs
Promotion and pricing of CD/DVD
CD/DVD placement, supply and demand
About the Author:
Harisur Rahman is Assistant Professor at North South University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He holds a Ph.D. degree in anthropology from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. His dissertation examined the circulation and viewership of Indian films in Bangladesh. His research interests include media anthropology, cultural circulation and consumption, intercultural communication, film and media
