| Description |
1 online resource (143 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series |
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Routledge contemporary South Asia series.
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| Contents |
Front Cover; Bollywood Travels; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction: studies in Bollywood travels; 2. Borders and border crossings in Main Hoon Na andVeer Zaara; 3. Dance Baby Dance: diaspora, place and aesthetics inJhoom Barabar Jhoom; 4. The secret politics are out? The pleasures of gender andsexuality in Dostana; 5. Haptic urban ethnoscapes and Bollywood popularcultures in the diaspora; 6. Performing Bollywood: Hindi cinema entertainment shows; 7. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Using an interdisciplinary framework, this book offers a fresh perspective on the issues of diaspora culture and border crossings in the films, popular cultures, and media and entertainment industries from the popular Hindi cinema of India. It analyses and discusses a range of key contemporary films in detail, such as Veer Zaara, Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, and Dostana. The book uses the notion of travel analytically in and through the cinema to comment on films that have dealt with Indo-Pak border crossings, representations of diaspora, and gender and sexuality in new ways. It engages with |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- India -- Mumbai
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Motion pictures, Indic.
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Culture in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures and globalization -- India
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Culture in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures and globalization.
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Motion pictures, Indic.
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India.
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India -- Mumbai.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136451317 |
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1136451315 |
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9780203125649 |
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0203125649 |
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