Bollywood and postmodernism : popular Indian cinema in the 21st Century

Bollywood and postmodernism : popular Indian cinema in the 21st Century /

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 uninspire...

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Main Author: Wright, Neelam Sidhar (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2015
Subjects:
Motion pictures > India > History > 21st century.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Postmodernism.
Electronic books.
Motion pictures.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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