Neelam Sidhar Wright

Bollywood and Postmodernism (eBook, PDF)

Popular Indian Cinema in the 21st Century

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Produktbeschreibung

'New Bollywood' has arrived, but its postmodern impulse often leaves film scholars reluctant to theorise its aesthetics. How do we define the style of a contemporary Bollywood film? Are Bollywood films just uninspired Hollywood rip-offs, or does their borrowing signal genuine innovation within the industry?Applying postmodern concepts and locating postmodern motifs in key commercial Hindi films, this innovative study reveals how Indian cinema has changed in the 21st century. Equipping readers with an alternative method of reading contemporary Indian cinema, Bollywood and Postmodernism takes Indian film studies beyond the exhausted theme of diaspora, and exposes a new decade of aesthetic experimentation and textual appropriation in mainstream Bombay cinema.A bold celebration of contemporary Bollywood texts, this book radically redefines Indian film and persuasively argues for its seriousness as a field of study in world cinema.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Edinburgh University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780748696352
• Artikelnr.: 44755011

Autorenporträt

Neelam Sidhar Wright is an Independent Academic Researcher. She has taught Film and Media Studies at the University of Sussex and has previously worked in various film production and media roles, and as a freelance filmmaker.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations for Film Titles
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Bollywood Eclipse
Chapter 2: Anti-Bollywood: Traditional Modes of Studying Indian Cinema
Chapter 3: Pedagogic Practices and Newer Approaches to Contemporary
Bollywood Cinema
Chapter 4: Postmodernism and India
Chapter 5: Postmodern Bollywood
Chapter 6: Indian cinema: A History of Repetition
Chapter 7: Contemporary Bollywood Remakes
Chapter 8: Conclusion: A Bollywood Renaissance?
Bibliography
Appendix: Table of Bollywood Remakes
Filmography