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The first wide-ranging look at horror and the supernatural in Bollywood films made since 1949, this interdisciplinary study examines how gender and genre intersect in cinematic tales of unproductive love, abominable creatures, and unspeakable appetites.

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Haunting Bollywood is an insightful volume that makes several important contributions to Indian cinema scholarship, including the consolidation of seemingly disparate bodies of films. . . . [It] is a welcome addition to scholarship on Indian cinema and an essential read for its students. * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *

Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Haunted Havelis and Hapless Heroes: Gender, Genre, and the Hindi Gothic Film
  • 2. The Ramsay Rampage: Horror as Emergency Cinema
  • 3. Ravishing Reptiles: Magic, Masala, and the Hindi “Snake Film”
  • 4. Present Imperfect: Bollywood and the Ghosts of Neoliberalism
  • 5. The Planetary Paranormal: Millennial Mythos and the Disassembly of the “Hindi Film”
  • Epilogue
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: 01/03/2017
      ISBN13: 9781477311585, 978-1477311585
      ISBN10: 1477311580
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The first wide-ranging look at horror and the supernatural in Bollywood films made since 1949, this interdisciplinary study examines how gender and genre intersect in cinematic tales of unproductive love, abominable creatures, and unspeakable appetites.

      Trade Review
      Haunting Bollywood is an insightful volume that makes several important contributions to Indian cinema scholarship, including the consolidation of seemingly disparate bodies of films. . . . [It] is a welcome addition to scholarship on Indian cinema and an essential read for its students. * Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television *

      Table of Contents
      • Acknowledgments
      • Introduction
      • 1. Haunted Havelis and Hapless Heroes: Gender, Genre, and the Hindi Gothic Film
      • 2. The Ramsay Rampage: Horror as Emergency Cinema
      • 3. Ravishing Reptiles: Magic, Masala, and the Hindi “Snake Film”
      • 4. Present Imperfect: Bollywood and the Ghosts of Neoliberalism
      • 5. The Planetary Paranormal: Millennial Mythos and the Disassembly of the “Hindi Film”
      • Epilogue
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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