The magic of Bollywood: at home and abroad
The magic of Bollywood: at home and abroad
Aims to portray the "soft" power of Bollywood as it offers a kaleidoscopic prism that filters the Indian cultural reality in a globalized world. This book examines Bollywood's popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations.
This anthology aims to portray the 'soft' power of Bollywood as it offers a kaleidoscopic prism that filters the Indian cultural reality in a globalised world. It examines Bollywood's popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations.
This anthology aims to portray the 'soft' power of Bollywood as it offers a kaleidoscopic prism that filters the Indian cultural reality in a globalised world. It examines Bollywood's popularity within and outside South Asia, focusing on its role in international relations.
While we have become familiar with the idea of 'Bollywood' here in the West, we know little about the industry's films beyond a certain celebration of kitsch. This volume surveys this style of filmmaking from its origins in colonial times to the present, tracing its impact on bo…
This volume examines Bollywood as a significant film movement in its own right, unique from other Indian cinemas, and which reflects specific political and cultural concerns.
La 4ème page de couverture indique : "While we have become familiar with the idea of 'Bollywood' here in the West, we know little about the industry's films beyond a certain celebration of kitsch. This volume surveys this style of filmmaking from its origins in colonial times to…
"While we have become familiar with the idea of 'Bollywood' here in the West, we know little about the industry's films beyond a certain celebration of kitsch. This volume surveys this style of filmmaking from its origins in colonial times to the present, tracing its impact on b…
"While we have become familiar with the idea of 'Bollywood' here in the West, we know little about the industry's films beyond a certain celebration of kitsch. This volume surveys this style of filmmaking from its origins in colonial times to the present, tracing its impact on b…
Publisher description: This book combines multiple theoretical approaches to provide a fresh perspective on Bollywood-just as a Bollywood film that transgresses multiple genres-and challenges the homogenizing tendencies in much of the ongoing scholarship in the area. It covers f…
'Haunting Bollywood' is a pioneering, interdisciplinary inquiry into the supernatural in Hindi cinema that draws from literary criticism, postcolonial studies, queer theory, history, and cultural studies.
