Nadira Khatun

Postcolonial Bollywood and Muslim Identity

Production, Representation, and Reception

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Produktbeschreibung

The book captures the changing image of Muslims in popular Bollywood films through seven decades. Khatun argues that such cinematic representation has always been informed by the country's contemporary political landscape, a largely Hindu-dominant discourse.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780198891017
• ISBN-10: 0198891016
• Artikelnr.: 68588666

Autorenporträt

Nadira Khatun is Assistant Professor at the School of Communications, XIM University, Odisha. She has been a Visiting Assistant Professor at McMaster University, Hamilton. Khatun's research and teaching interests are film studies, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, popular culture, Muslim identity, Indian cinema, media representation, and new media. She has contributed to multiple national and international academic journals and edited volumes on Bollywood, Muslim identity, and social media.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Figures
* List of Abbreviations
* Preface
* Acknowledgements
* Introduction
* 1: Role of Muslims in Filmmaking
* 2: Muslim Historical genre and Muslims in Historical Genre: From
Diplomat Warriors to Barbarian Outsiders
* 3: The Muslim Social Genre: From Exotic Exclusive to Ordinary
Inclusive
* 4: The Muslim Political Genre: From Anti-Pakistani Jingoism to
Islamophobia
* 5: The Muslim Modern Genre: From Allegiant to Secular
* Epilogue: The Representation of the 'Other'
* Appendix - I: Interview Schedule / Questionnaire
* Appendix - II: List of Movies Forming the Universe of the Study
* Appendix - III: Demographic / Brief Bio. of the Participents
* References
* Index