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Book SynopsisAnalyzes the role of the cinema’s most popular blockbusters in making, unmaking, and remaking modern India
Trade ReviewPriya Joshi's work is a timely assessment of key films and periods in Bollywood's history. Its wide-ranging literary, theoretical, and sociocultural perspectives, which cut across literature, postcolonial studies, media, and cultural studies, will surely be taken up by other scholars as well as general readers. A fine piece of scholarship. -- Rajinder Dudrah, University of Manchester Lavishly illustrated... this volume would be an excellent course text for a semester on Bollywood... Highly recommended. Choice A lively, thoughtful writer, Joshi shows how Bollywood films have mirrored India's social, political and economic changes, and how western films have been influenced by Bollywood trends and motifs. -- Steven Rea The Philadelphia Inquirer Well-structured... Joshi's book perfectly captures the history of Bollywood cinema and its cultural impact for the newcomer and seasoned viewer alike. Film Matters
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Preface: The Social Work of Cinema 1. Bollywood's India 2. Cinema as Public Fantasy 3. Cinema as Family Romance 4. Bollywood, Bollylite Epilogue: Anthem for a New India Notes Filmography Bibliography Index
