The apparent shift in power relations between the developed and developing world, along with the increasing emphasis that national and transnational organisations place on the role of ?soft power? in global foreign policy, has profound implications for global film culture. Focus…
''Explores the relationship between soft power and film in relation to national and transnational cinemas.''--
This is an examination of India's bourgeois, its lifestyle and aspirations as manifested in fiction and film. It looks at idealised womanhood and examines how these are reworked in narratives, how conflicts are resolved and new models developed.
by Dwyer, Rachel, Patel, Divia
fromEnvisioning Asia
Now nearly 100 years old, Indian cinema is one of India's most vibrant cultural products as well as being the world's most prolific, at its peak producing an estimated 800 films a year. "Cinema India" concentrates on the visual culture of Indian film. Drawing on a wide range of …
by Dwyer, Rachel, Patel, Divia
fromEnvisioning Asia
"This is the first book to concentrate on the dynamic visual culture of Indian cinema, tracing the development of the popular or commercial cinema based in Bombay (Mumbai) since 1913. This is India's national cinema, and it has a global audience. The authors trace its historical…
by Dwyer, Rachel, Patel, Divia
fromEnvisioning Asia
Now nearly 100 years old, Indian cinema is one of India's most vibrant cultural products as well as being the world's most prolific, at its peak producing an estimated 800 films a year. "Cinema India" concentrates on the visual culture of Indian film. Drawing on a wide range of …
