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Autore |
Wright Neelam Sidhar |
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Bollywood and postmodernism : popular Indian cinema in the 21st Century / / Neelam Sidhar Wright [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4744-1215-7 |
0-7486-9635-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures - India - History - 21st century |
Motion pictures - Social aspects |
Postmodernism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Bollywood and Postmodernism; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Figures; Abbreviations of Film Titles; 1 Introduction: The Bollywood Eclipse; 2 Anti-Bollywood: Traditional Modes of Studying Indian Cinema; 3 Pedagogic Practices and Newer Approaches to Contemporary Bollywood Cinema; 4 Postmodernism and India; 5 Postmodern Bollywood; 6 Indian Cinema: A History of Repetition; 7 Contemporary Bollywood Remakes ; Conclusion: A Bollywood Renaissance?; Bibliography; Additional Reading; Appendix: Popular Indian film remakes ; Filmography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Re-examines contemporary Bollywood films using postmodernist film theory. Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this innovative study reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the 21st century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, Bollywood and Postmodernism takes Indian film studies beyond the exhausted theme of diaspora, and exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema. A bold celebration of contemporary Bollywood texts, this book radically redefines Indian film and persuasively argues for its seriousness as a field of study in world cinema. |
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