Visual Anthropology of Indian Films

Religious Communities and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond
Herausgeber: Jain, Pankaj

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a unique insider's look at the world's largest film industry, now globally known as 'Bollywood' and challenges existing notions about Indian films. Some chapters focus on Hindi films, but others bring insights from films made in other parts of India and its neighbouring countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9781032778280
• ISBN-10: 1032778288
• Artikelnr.: 70601309

Autorenporträt

Pankaj Jain is Professor and HoD of Humanities and Languages and the Chair of The India Centre at FLAME University. He is a renowned academic leader with international recognition in Sustainability, Jain Studies, Film Studies, and Diaspora Studies. He has co-edited the Encyclopedia of Indian Religions (2022) and Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion (2023). His earlier monographs are Modern Jainism: A Historical Approach (2023), Dharma in America: A Short History of Hindu-Jain Diaspora (2019), award-winning Dharma and Ecology of Hindu Communities: Sustenance and Sustainability (2011), and Science and Socio-Religious Revolution in India: Moving the Mountains (2015). His articles and quotes have been featured in the Huffington Post, Washington Post, Times of India's Speaking Tree, and Patheos. In July 2020, the New York Times interviewed him; in 2019, Morgan Freeman interviewed him for the section on Jainism in the National Geographic series The Story of God.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction - Visual Anthropology of Indian Films: Religious Communities
and Cultural Traditions in Bollywood and Beyond 1. From Kil-Arni to
Anthony: The Portrayal of Christians in Indian Films 2. Such a Long Journey
: Portrayal of the Parsi Community in Films 3. From Padosi to My Name is
Khan: The Portrayal of Hindu-Muslim Relations in South Asian Films 4. Film
as a Majoritarian Framework of Hindu Nationalism: The Case of Purab Aur
Pachhim 5. Encountering Asceticism: A Hindu Nun in Jogan, vis-a-vis a
Buddhist Monk in Trishagni 6. Anuradha and Anupama: Gender Issues through
Nussbaum's Capabilities Approach 7. The Objectification of Women in V.
Shantaram's Films 8. "Children of the Soil" to "Dark Wind": Nature,
Environment and Climate in Indian Films 9. Ecocritical Analysis of Classics
by Three Indian Film Maestros: An Extended Film Review 10. Sara Jahan
Hamara: Indian Films and Their Portrayal of Foreign Destinations 11. Do
Bigha Zamin: A Realistic Masterpiece of Indian Cinema 12. Virtue Ethics of
Boot Polish and Dosti, as Compared with Slumdog Millionaire