Bollywood's India : a public fantasy /

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Bollywood is India's most popular entertainment and one of its most powerful social forces. Its films contest ideas about state formation, capture the nation's dispersed anxieties, and fabricate public fantasies of what constitutes 'India'. Written by an award-winning scholar of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Joshi, Priya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Temas:
1900-1999
Motion pictures > India > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Cinéma > Inde > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Motion pictures
India > In motion pictures.
India
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Bollywood is India's most popular entertainment and one of its most powerful social forces. Its films contest ideas about state formation, capture the nation's dispersed anxieties, and fabricate public fantasies of what constitutes 'India'. Written by an award-winning scholar of popular culture and postcolonial modernity, this work analyses the role of Bollywood's most popular blockbusters in making, unmaking, and remaking modern India.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:023153907X
9780231539074

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