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Item Details
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BOLLYWOOD
SOCIOLOGY GOES TO THE MOVIES |
| By: |
Rajinder Dudrah |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£20.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1412900182 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781412900188 |
| Publisher: |
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC |
| Pages: |
212 |
| Description: |
Why are people fascinated with Bollywood? What is the cultural significance of the films produced there? This book offers a comprehensive theoretical and empirical engagement with Bollywood cinema and its audiences. It examines the role and representations of cultural icons in Bollywood films. |
| Synopsis: |
'Dudrah! successfully renews an interdisciplinary dialog between cinema and sociology! Dudrah's book is a great reference for multi-disciplinary research! the book gives academic credence to Bollywood cinema' - "The Tribune". 'A new book which gives an extraordinary insight into Bollywood' - "Asian Voice". 'This book asks and answers some interesting questions about what exactly Bollywood is' - "New India Express". Why are people fascinated with Bollywood? What is the cultural significance of the films produced there? In recent years Bollywood - the popular Hindi cinema from Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India - has received widespread international attention in the global media. The book examines the reasons for this interest and provides an unrivaled guide to the phenomenon. The book: provides a comprehensive theoretical and empirical engagement with Bollywood cinema and its audiences; examines the role and representations of cultural icons in Bollywood films; pinpoints the key trends in the Bollywood film industry as it develops in the age of globalization; subjects Bollywood to the first systematic sociological, cultural and media analysis.Packed with memorable examples and penetrating insights, this is a marvelous work which combines sociology with media and cultural analysis to provide a highly original account of the Bollywood phenomenon. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
SAGE Publications Inc |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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