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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463044703321

Autore

Mishra Vijay

Titolo

Bollywood Cinema [[electronic resource] ] : Temples of Desire

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

1-135-31092-0

0-203-95139-5

1-135-31099-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/0954

791.430954

Soggetti

Motion pictures -- India -- Mumbai

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

India is home to Bollywood - the largest film industry in the world. Movie theaters are said to be the ""temples of modern India,"" with Bombay producing nearly 800 films per year that are viewed by roughly 11 million people per day. In Bollywood Cinema, Vijay Mishra argues that Indian film production and reception is shaped by the desire for national community and a pan-Indian popular culture. Seeking to understand Bollywood according to its own narrative and aesthetic principles and in relation to a global film industry, he views Indian cinema through the dual methodologies of postc