Heidi R.M Pauwels (ed.)

Indian Literature and Popular Cinema

Recasting Classics
Herausgeber: Pauwels, Heidi R M

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Produktbeschreibung

Cover the popular cinema of North India ("Bollywood") and how it recasts literary classics. This work addresses the socio-political implications of popular reinterpretations of "elite culture", exploring gender issues and the perceived "sexism" of the North Indian popular film and how that plays out when literature is reworked into film.

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This book considers the popular cinema of North India (Bollywood) and how it recasts literary classics. It addresses the socio-political implications of popular reinterpretations of elite culture, exploring gender issues and the perceived sexism of popular films and how that plays out when literature is reworked into film.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 163mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9780415447416
• ISBN-10: 0415447410
• Artikelnr.: 23818610

Autorenporträt

Heidi Pauwels is Associate Professor in the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington in Seattle. She teaches both Modern and Old Hindi language and literature, and courses on Hinduism. Her publications include two monographs on sixteenth-century bhakti: Krsna's round dance reconsidered: Hariram Vyas's Hindi Ras-pancadhyayi (1996) and In praise of holy men: Hagiographic poems by and about Hariram Vyas (2002) and various articles in scholarly journals and conference proceedings, including comparisons of medieval and contemporary film and television retellings of the stories of Krishna and Rama.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Indian Epics in Film 1. Bending the Bharata: Two
Uncommon Cinematic Adaptations Philip Lutgendorf 2. Family, Feminism, and
Film in Remaking the Ramayana Vidyut Aklujkar Part 2. Casting Classical
Sanskrit Drama 3. Sakuntala: The Look and the Image in Literature, Theatre,
and Cinema Gayatri Chatterjee 4. Mrcchakatikam to Utsav: Recreation of a
Sanskrit Classic by Girish Karnad Vidyut Aklujkar Part 3. Saints on the
Screen 5. Bhakti Songs Recast: Gulzar's Meera Movie Heidi Pauwels Part 4.
Genre and Themes from Indo-Islamic Culture 6. Religious Culture and
Folklore in the Urdu Historical Drama Anarkali, Revisited by Indian Cinema
Alain Désoulières 7. From Ghazal to Film Music: The Case of Mirza Ghalib
Naseem Hines Part 5. Classics from Colonial Literature 8. Remembering,
Repeating, and Working through Devdas Corey K. Creekmur 9. The Political
Aesthetic of Nation and Gender in Rituparno Ghosh's Chokher Bali
Mandakranta Bose Part 6. Agenda-Driven Literature 10. Lyrically Speaking:
Hindi Film Songs and the Progressive Aesthetic Ali Mir 11. Dharmputra and
the Partition of India Cecilia Cossio. Conclusion