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1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction: the Bollywood eclipse -- Anti-Bollywood: traditional modes of studying Indian cinema -- Pedagogic practices and newer approaches to contemporary Bollywood cinema -- Postmodernism and India -- Postmodern Bollywood -- Indian cinema: a history of repetition -- Contemporary Bollywood remakes -- Conclusion: a Bollywood renaissance? |
| Summary |
Re-examines contemporary Bollywood films using postmodernist film theory. 'New Bollywood' has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood films just uninspired Hollywood rip-offs, or does their borrowing signal genuine innovation within the industry? 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. Key Features: One of the first books to identify and establish a new kind of Bollywood cinema emerging in the 2000s Includes case studies of commercially successful yet academically under-acknowledged postmodern Bollywood films and cross-cultural remakes Conducts a detailed study of Bollywood's formal aesthetic changes by breaking its film language down into a series of postmodern traits |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-214), filmography (pages 220-224) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Motion pictures -- India -- History -- 21st century
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects.
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Postmodernism.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference.
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Motion pictures
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects
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Postmodernism
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Bollywood
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India
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Indien
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Electronic books
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Motion pictures
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History
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Motion pictures.
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Films.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780748696352 |
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0748696350 |
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9781474403566 |
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1474403565 |
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