Bollywood and Postmodernism : : Popular Indian Cinema in the 21st Century / / Neelam Sidhar Wright.

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 uninspired...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2015
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 20 B/W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • List of Abbreviations of Film Titles
  • 1 Introduction: The Bollywood Eclipse
  • 2 Anti-Bollywood: Traditional Modes of Studying Indian Cinema
  • 3 Pedagogic Practices and Newer Approaches to Contemporary Bollywood Cinema
  • 4 Postmodernism and India
  • 5 Postmodern Bollywood
  • 6 Indian Cinema: A History of Repetition
  • 7 Contemporary Bollywood Remakes
  • 8 Conclusion: A Bollywood Renaissance?
  • Bibliography
  • List of Additional Reading
  • Appendix: Popular Indian Film Remakes
  • Filmography
  • Index