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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457862303321

Autore

Mehta Monika <1970->

Titolo

Censorship and sexuality in Bombay cinema [[electronic resource] /] / Monika Mehta

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2011

ISBN

0-292-73785-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (319 p.)

Disciplina

303.3/76

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Censorship - India - Bombay

Motion pictures - India - Bombay - History - 20th century

Sex in motion pictures

Sex role in motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Minnesota, 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Beginning -- Revisiting the history of film censorship -- Close-up: the Central Board of Film Certification -- The first sex-education film: a classification conundrum -- Satyam shivam sundaram: (im)proper suturing of sound, scar, and stardom -- An anomalous dilemma: to ban or to certify the self-sacrificial wife in Pati parmeshwar -- Tracking the twists and turns in the Khalnayak -- Debates on censorship -- Dilwale dulhania le jayenge: certifying a "family love" story -- From censorship to selections.