{"product_id":"historicizing-myths-in-contemporary-india-9781032425214","title":"Historicizing Myths in Contemporary India","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book examines cinematic practices in Bollywood as narratives that assist in shaping the imagination of the age, especially in contemporary India. It examines historical films released in India since the new millennium and analyses cinema as a reflection of the changing socio-political and economic conditions at any given period. The chapters in \u003cstrong\u003eHistoricizing Myths in Contemporary India: Cinematic Representations and Nationalist Agendas in Hindi Cinemas\u003c\/strong\u003e also illuminate different perspectives on how cinematic historical representations follow political patterns and market compulsions, giving precedence to a certain past over the other, creating a narrative suited for the dominant narrative of the present. From \u003ci\u003eMughal-e-Azam\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003ePadmaavat\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBajirao Mastani\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eRaazi\u003c\/i\u003e, the chapters show how creating history out of myths validate hegemonic identities in a rapidly evolving Indian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume will be of interest to scholars of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e1.\u003c\/b\u003e Of War and Intrigue: ‘Medieval’ as Represented on Indian Screen b\u003cb\u003e2.\u003c\/b\u003e Humayun and Mughal-e- Azam: History and the Contemporary \u003cb\u003e3.\u003c\/b\u003e Re-texturing the Past: The Digital Image and the Contemporary Bollywood Historical \u003cb\u003e4.\u003c\/b\u003e The Gender of War: National Masculinities and Hindutva in Bollywood War Cinema \u003cb\u003e5.\u003c\/b\u003e “The Surgical Strike that Shook the Mughal Empire”: Evacuation and distortion of histories in contemporary Hindi screen cultures \u003cb\u003e6.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eRaazi \u003c\/i\u003e(2018): Spying for the Nation \u003cb\u003e7.\u003c\/b\u003e Title: History into Myth: Popular Hindi Cinema and the Politics of “True Stories” \u003cb\u003e8.\u003c\/b\u003e Bahujan Legend, Brahmanical telling: Decoding the lens of \u003ci\u003eTanhaji: The Unsung Warrior \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e9.\u003c\/b\u003e How Hindutva’s ‘other’ views ‘otherification’: \u003ci\u003ePakistani response to Bollywood’s Saffron myth making \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e10.\u003c\/b\u003e “A Great Republic of Hurt Sentiments”: Counter-histories, Nationalism, and the Controversy of the Historical\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019046650199,"sku":"9781032425214","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032425214.jpg?v=1750779136","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/historicizing-myths-in-contemporary-india-9781032425214","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}