Description
Professor Susan Hayward, University of Exeter, UK
"We are finally at a point when the study of Bollywood is a fully fledged field in Film Studies."
Professor Dina Iordanova, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
"The Bollywood Reader extends the discursive boundaries of Indian popular cinema in interesting and complex ways. In putting together this volume, the editors have performed magnificently."
Professor Wimal Dissanayake, University of Hawaii, USA
- What is Bollywood cinema?
- How does it operate as an industry?
- Who are the audiences of Bollywood cinema?
Including a wide-ranging selection of essays from key voices in the field, the Reader charts the development of the scholarship on popular Hindi cinema, with an emphasis on understanding the relationship between cinema and colonialism, nationalism, and globalization.
Features include:
The Bollywood Reader is captivating reading for film, media and cultural studies students and scholars with an interest in Bollywood cinema.
About the Author
Rajinder Dudrah is Head of Drama and Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Manchester, UK.
Jigna Desai is Associate Professor in the Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies Department and the Asian American Studies Program at the University of Minnesota, USA.
Book Information
ISBN 9780335222124
Author Rajinder Dudrah
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint Open University Press
Publisher Open University Press
Weight(grams) 528g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 170mm * 17mm
