These essays explain why financial crisis breaks out, its social, economic and cultural consequences, and the limitations of policy in the face of economic stagnation induced by financial inflation.
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These essays explain why financial crisis breaks out, its social, economic and cultural consequences, and the limitations of policy in the face of economic stagnation induced by financial inflation.
The essays in this volume explain how financial inflation shifts banking and financial markets towards more speculative activity, changing the financial structure of the economy and corroding the social and political values that underlie welfare state capitalism.
These essays explain why financial crisis breaks out, its social, economic and cultural consequences, and the limitations of policy in the face of economic stagnation induced by financial inflation.
'The Slumdog Phenomenon' addresses multiple issues related to 'Slumdog Millionaire' and, in the process, provides new ways of looking at this controversial film. Each of the book's four sections considers a particular aspect of the film: its relation to the nation, to the slum, …
The Slumdog phenomenon: a critical anthology
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'The Slumdog Phenomenon' addresses multiple issues related to 'Slumdog Millionaire' and, in the process, provides new ways of looking at this controversial film. Each of the book's four sections considers a particular aspect of the film: its relation to the nation, to the slum, …
Introduction / Ajay Gehlawat -- SLUMDOG AND THE NATION. National Allegory / Brian Larkin -- Slumdog and the Emerging Centrality of India / Sharmila Mukherjee -- Slumlord Aesthetics and the Question of Indian Poverty / Nandini Chandra -- Watching Time: Slumdog Millionaire and Nat…
"Winner of numerous awards and the epicenter of multiple controversies, Danny Boyle's 2008 film "Slumdog Millionaire" has fueled a series of debates regarding its depictions of India and the slum, its references to Bollywood, its global circulation and success, and its reception…
Featuring a dynamic combination of landmark essays by leading critics and theorists, "The 'Slumdog' Phenomenon: A Critical Anthology" addresses multiple issues relating to "Slumdog Millionaire," providing new ways of looking at this controversial film.
