Bollywood cinema : temples of desire /

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Author / Creator:Mishra, Vijay.
Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2002.
Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 296 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Motion pictures -- India -- Mumbai.
ART -- Film & Video.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
Motion pictures.
Bollywood
Filmindustrie.
Music, Dance, Drama & Film.
Film.
India -- Mumbai.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11302465
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ISBN:9781135310929
1135310920
1299627641
9781299627642
9780203951392
0203951395
9780203951392
0415930146
9780415930147
0415930154
9780415930154
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes filmography: pages 271-276.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-286) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:India is home to Bollywood--and to the largest film industry in the world. Movie theaters are said to be the "temples of modern India," with Bombay/Mumbai, the center of Bollywood, producing some 200 of the 800 films per year that are viewed by roughly 11 million people per day. In Bollywood Cinema, Vijay Mishra argues that Indian film production and reception is shaped by the desire for national community and a pan-Indian popular culture. Seeking to understand Bollywood according to its own narrative and aesthetic principles and in relation to a global film industry, he views Indian cinema through the dual methodologies of postcolonial studies and film theory. Mishra discusses classics such as Mother India (1957) and Devdsa (1935) and recent films including Ram Lakhan (1989) and Khalnayak (1993), linking their form and content to broader issues of national identity, epic tradition, popular culture, history, and the implications of diaspora. Persuasively arguing for the centrality of movie-going in the construction of self and community, Bollywood Cinema is an indispensable guide to Indian cinema for both scholars and fans alike.
Other form:Print version: Mishra, Vijay. Bollywood cinema. New York : Routledge, 2002 0415930146