{"product_id":"bollywoods-india-9780231169608","title":"Bollywoods India","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalyzes the role of the cinema’s most popular blockbusters in making, unmaking, and remaking modern India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePriya 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList 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","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400287396183,"sku":"9780231169608","price":79.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231169608.jpg?v=1730470290","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/bollywoods-india-9780231169608","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}