期刊名称：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
电子版ISSN：0975-2935
出版年度：2018
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：110
出版社：Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities
摘要：Telugu cinema is one of the most popular art forms among Telugus across the globe. It has played animportant role in understanding and depicting the life, society and the culture of Telugus as an authenticart form of the society. This depiction is not restricted to the life in native sates of Andhra Pradesh andTelangana but continued to the life of immigrant societies inhabited by Telugus across the globe. Albeitmigration of Telugus to different counties is a pre independence phenomenon, their migration to USA ismore a post independence phenomenon that is unique in many ways. Among them, the culturalimplications involved in migration from Andhra Pradesh to America are certainly noteworthy. Telugucinema took this seriously and treated it on a significant level. In this context, it becomes imperative tostudy the mediascape of Telugu cinema to understand the Telugus’ perspective of America that playedsignificant role in encouraging migration of considerable number of Telugus to America. This paper studiesthe image of America created by the mediascape of Telugu cinema to understand the Telugu diaspora andthe attempt Telugu cinema made in bridging these two cultures (America and Andhra Pradesh) and thecultural implications involved.
关键词：Telugu cinema; Telugu diaspora; America; mediascapes; image; cultural implications
