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Conjugations : Marriage and Form in New Bollywood Cinema /

Bollywood movies have been long known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But when India entered the global marketplace in the early 1990s, its film industry transformed radically. Production and distribution of films became r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gopal, Sangita (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Colección:South Asia across the disciplines.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Bollywood movies have been long known for their colorful song-and-dance numbers and knack for combining drama, comedy, action-adventure, and music. But when India entered the global marketplace in the early 1990s, its film industry transformed radically. Production and distribution of films became regulated, advertising and marketing created a largely middle-class audience, and films began to fit into genres like science fiction and horror. In this bold study of what she names New Bollywood, Sangita Gopal contends that the key to understanding these changes is to analyze films s' evolving treatment of romantic relationships.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 242 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780226304274
0226304272
1283362562
9781283362566
9786613362568
6613362565