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<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Dear Colleagues,<br>
This morning Costas Nakassis interviews Amanda Weidman about her
new book, Brought to Life by the Voice.<br>
This is a free open access book that you can find here: <a
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href="https://luminosoa.org/site/books/m/10.1525/luminos.104/">https://luminosoa.org/site/books/m/10.1525/luminos.104/</a><br>
You can find the interview here:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="https://campanthropology.org">https://campanthropology.org</a><br>
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Best,<br>
Ilana<br>
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The press blurb: </font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><span style="color:
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initial; display: inline !important; float: none;">To produce
the song sequences that are central to Indian popular cinema,
singers' voices are first recorded in the studio<br>
and then played back on the set to be lip-synced and danced to
by actors and actresses as the visuals are filmed. Since<br>
the 1950s, playback singers have become revered celebrities in
their own right.<span> </span></span><i style="box-sizing:
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initial;">Brought to Life by the Voice<span> </span></i><span
style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Montserrat,
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243); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style:
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!important; float: none;">explores the<br>
distinctive aesthetics and affective power generated by this
division of labor between onscreen body and offscreen voice <br>
in South Indian Tamil cinema. In Amanda Weidman's historical and
ethnographic account, playback is not just a cinematic<br>
technique, but a powerful and ubiquitous element of aural
public culture that has shaped the complex dynamics of
postcolonial <br>
gendered subjectivity, politicized ethnolinguistic identity, and
neoliberal transformation in South India.</span></font>
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