Bollywood Sociology goes to the movies

By:

"Dudrah, Rajinder Kumar"

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi; Sage; 2006Description: 210pISBN:

9780761934615

Subject(s):

Motion pictures-India-Social aspects

DDC classification:

302.2343 DUD

Summary: 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 marvellous work which combines sociology with media and cultural analysis to provide a highly original account of the Bollywood phenomenon.

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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 marvellous work which combines sociology with media and cultural analysis to provide a highly original account of the Bollywood phenomenon.

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