"Dudrah, Rajinder Kumar"

Bollywood Sociology goes to the movies - New Delhi Sage 2006 - 210p.

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.

9780761934615


Motion pictures-India-Social aspects

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