The Image Trap

M.S.S. Pandian was Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, since August 2009. Previously, he has been Rama Wattamul Distinguished Indian Scholar, University of Hawaii, Honolulu (2008); Visiting Fellow, Centre of South Asian Studies, Cambridge University, UK (2004); Visiting Professor in Human Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (2002); Honorary Visiting Fellow, Sarai Programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi (2002–09); Visiting Professor of History, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2001); Fellow, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai (1989–2001); and Fellow, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta (1986–88). His publications include Brahmin and Non-Brahmin: Genealogies of the Tamil Political Present (2007/2008); The Image Trap: M G Ramachandran in Films and Politics (SAGE, 1992); and Political Economy of Agrarian Change: Nanchilnadu, 1880–1939 (SAGE, 1990). He has also co-edited Muslims, Dalits and Fabrications of History: Subaltern Studies: Writings on South Asian History and Society, Vol. 12 (2005). The book is published posthumously but before his untimely death; he had approved the book for publishing.

Preface
Acknowledgements
The Image Trap
Appendix I: A Brief Chronology of MGR’s Life
Appendix II: MGR’s Filmography
Appendix III: Electoral Performance of the AIADMK in Tamil Nadu
Bibliography
Index